Appeal 2007-3245
Application 11/153,772
1 The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on
2 appeal is:
3 Kain US 6,422,885 Jul. 23, 2002
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5 Claims 1-3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
6 anticipated by Kain (Final Rejection 2 and Answer 32).
7 BACKGROUND
8 The invention is related to a connector with a dielectric housing 14
9 (Fig. 1) with a mating cavity 16 for receiving a mating connector. Inside the
10 mating cavity is a pair of support arms 24 and blade terminals 30a. A
11 dielectric separation wall 26 spans the support arms and separates blade
12 terminals.
13 B. Issue
14 The issue is whether Applicants have shown that the Examiner erred
15 in determining claims 1-3 to be unpatentable over Kain as applied by the
16 Examiner.
17 C. Findings of fact (“FF”)
18 The record supports the following findings of fact as well as any other
19 findings of fact set forth in this opinion by at least a preponderance of the
20 evidence.
21 1. Applicants’ claims 1-3 are the subject of this appeal.
22 2. Independent claim 1, the sole independent claim, is as follows:
2 The final rejection of claims 4-7 has been withdrawn. The Examiner has
indicated that claims 4-7 are allowed (Answer 2).
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