Appeal No. 96-0526
Application No. 08/008,291
results in connecting the shield to ground. Appeal Brief at 19.
There is no indication in the cited art that the screws form a
grounding circuit with the cabinet. Suehiro’s shield 3 and band
2 function as part of a magnetic circuit. Column 2, lines 39-45.
The examiner provides no reason why elements of the magnetic
circuit would be electrically grounded. There is simply no
suggestion to add the recited ground terminal to Suehiro.
With respect to Dougherty, we do not agree with the
examiner’s finding that funnel coating 26 is electrically
conductive to ground. Examiner’s Answer at 9, lines 19-20. As
appellants point out (Appeal Brief at 19, lines 8-16),
Dougherty’s funnel coating is adapted to receive a high
electrical potential. Column 5, lines 12-14. The examiner
offers no reason why an element adapted to receive a high
electrical potential would be electrically grounded. There is no
suggestion in Dougherty to attach the shield to a ground
terminal.
The cited art as a whole does not suggest connecting a
shield to a ground terminal as recited. Therefore, we do not
sustain the rejection of claim 1.
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