Appeal No. 96-0043
Application 08/059,043
5 to 10 and 12 to 14, all of the claims remaining in the
application.
Claim 1 defines the subject matter in issue as:
1. A heat recoverable pre-formed article comprising:
a substantially hollow enlarged section for receiving a
wire bundle to be sealed, said enlarged section having a slit
therein;
a pair of tab portions disposed adjacent to each other
and extending outwardly from said slit so as to be
substantially aligned with each other;
wherein said tab portions are biased toward each other
such that upon insertion of the wire bundle into said enlarged
section, said tab portions are spread apart and return to
their original adjacent, biased position upon snapping of the
wire bundle into said enlarged section.
The references relied upon by the examiner in the final
rejection are:
Kunze 4,280,258 Jul. 28,
1981
Peacock 4,900,596 Feb. 13,
1990
German patent (Sachsse) 4,032,376 Apr. 16,
19922
2A translation of this reference, prepared for the
Patent and Trademark Office, is enclosed herewith.
2
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