Appeal No. 97-0946
Application No. 08/494,142
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Campbell et al. (Campbell) 3,711,767 Jan. 16, 1973
Ellingen et al. (Ellingen) 4,942,356 Jul. 17, 1990
Murata et al. (Murata) 5,014,005 May 7, 1991
The admitted prior art inductive amplifier shown in Figs. 3
and 4 of the application.
Claims 1 to 9 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as unpatentable over the admitted prior art inductive
amplifier of appellants’ Figs. 3 and 4 in view of Ellingen,
Campbell or Murata.
Considering claim 1, the only independent claim on
appeal, appellants acknowledge, in effect, that elements a, b,
c, and d thereof, as well as a housing having an outer surface
and first and second electrical terminals, are present in the
admitted device of Figs. 3 and 4. The examiner takes the
position that the remainder of the claimed structure would
have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in view of any of
the three secondary references, each of which discloses an
electric device having electrical terminals disposed within a
recessed area on the outer housing. In particular the
examiner notes Ellingen’s teaching at col. 4, lines 5 to 20,
that recessing of the outermost end of connector 70 (which is
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