Appeal No. 96-0043
Application 08/059,043
The secondary references disclose sleeves of shrinkable
material with projection-and-recess means to join the free
edges of the sleeve. We do not find any disclosure in these
references which would suggest to one of ordinary skill in the
art such a modification of Peacock as would meet all the
limitations of claim 1. The rejection of claim 1 will
therefore not be sustained. Likewise, the rejection of claims
2, 5 to 10 and 12 to 14, all of which are more limited in
scope than claim 1, will not be sustained.
Rejections Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)
Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b), we enter the following
rejections:
1. Claims 1, 2 and 6 to 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as anticipated by Ellis. The Ellis patent discloses
a sleeve for a cable or pipe. Referring particularly to Figs.
6 and 7, sleeve 50 is made from a molded tube of heat
recoverable material having a circular enlarged section and a
rail 58 which is split longitudinally at 62, thus forming two
outwardly extending tab portions. Since the sleeve is made
from a preformed tube of the same material as that disclosed
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