Appeal No. 95-3444
Application 08/037,304
at least two substantially rectangular insulators each
defining at least a first opening and fabricated from a
pulltruded [sic: pultruded] insulating material;
at least one conductive connector plate having material
press formed to define at least a second opening, a portion of
the material from the second opening being press formed into a
tab extending at substantially 90 degrees from the plate adjacent
the second opening for a distance less than the predetermined
thickness and greater than 50 percent of the thickness; and[2]
at least one fastener disposed within the first and second
openings, where the connector plate is located between the
insulators and the fastener is configured to force the insulators
into contact with the connector plate and the busbars.
The references relied upon by the examiner in the final
rejection are:
Weimer et al. (Weimer) 3,183,298 May 11, 1965
Jorgensen 3,647,937 Mar. 7, 1972
Cook 4,146,285 Mar. 27, 1979
Slicer et al. (Slicer) 4,705,334 Nov. 10, 1987
Beberman et al. (Beberman) 4,842,533 Jun. 27, 1989
Gagnon et al. (Gagnon) 4,886,940 Dec. 12, 1989
Claims 1 to 21 stand rejected as unpatentable under
35 U.S.C. § 103 over the following combinations of references:
(1) Claims 1 to 5, 8 to 11, 14 to 16 and 19, Gagnon in view of
Beberman;
(2) Claims 6, 12, 17 and 20, Gagnon in view of Beberman and
either of Weimer, Cook or Slicer;
2The expression “the predetermined thickness” has no
antecedent basis. In the interest of avoiding piecemeal
appellate review, we will construe it as “the predefined
thickness,” but claim 1 and the other independent claims should
be appropriately corrected to remove this inconsistency.
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