Appeal No. 95-3782
Application 08/048,371
surrounded conductors.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Eager, Jr. et al. (Eager) 3,745,231 Jul. 10,
1973
Foster et al. (Foster) 4,895,885 Jan. 23,
1990
Appellants rely on the following references to rebut the
examiner’s evidence of obviousness:
ASTM Designation: D 4568-86, “Standard Test Methods for
Evaluating Compatibility between Cable Filling and Flooding
Compounds and Polyolefin Cable Materials,” Annual Book of ASTM
Standards, pp. 666-670, April 1986;
Davis, “A Global Test Method for Long Term Stability of Solid
and Foam Skin Insulation,” Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth
International Wire and Cable Symposium, pp. 475-476, Nov. 17-
19, 1987.
Claims 1-11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Eager in view of Foster. We affirm this
rejection for reasons which follow.
OPINION
The article of manufacture recited in appealed claim 1
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