Appeal No. 96-3842
Application 08/489,696
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's
final rejection of claims 9, 12, 13, 16, 17 and 19, all of the
claims remaining in the application. Claims 1 through 8, 10,
11, 14, 15 and 18 have been canceled.
Appellants’ invention is directed to a dual beam
electrical contact for making a connection on opposite sides
of a dividing element through an aperture of said dividing
element in an electronic device. Independent claims 9 and 13
are representative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy
of those claims is attached to this decision.
The sole prior art reference relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Sterling 3,551,750 Dec. 29, 1970
An additional reference (already of record) relied
upon by this panel of the Board in a new rejection entered
pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b) is:
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