Appeal No. 95-2175
Application 08/100,332
would stand allowed when the amendment after final rejection was
entered upon the filing of an appeal. It is noted that the
amendment has not been formally entered as of the time we
considered the appeal. However, we regard claims 7-11 as
standing allowed as per the examiner's advisory action.
The claimed subject matter is directed to a light
waveguide cable comprising two dissimilar portions. A first
portion for installation outside of a building contains water
blocking materials in the cable. A second portion for
installation interiorly of the building does not include the
waterblocking materials.
Claim 1 reproduced below is further illustrative of
the claimed subject matter.
1. A light waveguide cable, comprising a flame
retardant outer jacket holding at least one light waveguide, a
first lengthwise portion of the cable located outside of a
building holding waterblocking material and a second lengthwise
portion of the cable located in a building holding no
waterblocking material.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner in
his rejection of claims 1-5 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are as follows:
van der Hoek et al. (van der Hoek) 4,381,140 Apr. 26, 1983
Saito et al. (Saito) 4,752,113 Jun. 21, 1988
The examiner has rejected claims 1-5 under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as unpatentable over van der Hoek in view of Saito.
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