Appeal No. 96-4018
Application 08/307,328
The appellant's invention pertains to a cable clip for
use in attaching a cable to a support. Independent claim 1 is
further illustrative of the appealed subject matter and a copy
thereof may be found in the appendix to the supplemental
brief.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Cummings 627,819 Jun. 27, 1899
Logsdon 4,903,921 Feb. 27, 1990
Claims 1-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Logsdon in view of Cummings. It is the
examiner's position that:
The patent to Logsdon shows a cleat having
a housing comprising a top, bottom, sides,
front and rear surfaces, a channel defined
in the bottom surface for receiving a
cable, and a bore extending through the top
and bottom surfaces for receiving a
fastener means. Logsdon does not show a
fastener means having an extended arm. The
reference to Cummings shows a fastener
means having an extended arm. It would
have been obvious to one skilled in the art
at the time the invention was made to
provide the cleat shown by Logsdon with a
fastener means having an extended arm as
shown by Cummings to further secure the
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