Appeal No. 97-0946
Application No. 08/494,142
on main unit 30 and has pins 71), and of connector 75 (which
is on module 50), will provide some protection from dirt and
grease.
After fully considering the record in light of the
arguments presented in appellants’ brief and reply brief, and
in the examiner’s answer, we conclude the rejection of claim 1
should not be sustained. While all three secondary references
certainly do disclose recessed terminal pins, each of them is
for a
plug-in type of connection, whereas the ears 32, 34 of the
prior art amplifier of appellants’ Figs. 3 and 4 are designed
for the attachment of clips, such as (in the language of claim
1) the "electrical clips of a shorting wire or electrical
clips of a telecommunications butt set." In view of this
difference between the clip-on type of temporary connection
used with the
Figs. 3 and 4 prior art amplifier and the plug-in connection
of Ellingen, Campbell or Murata, we do not consider that one
of ordinary skill would find any suggestion or motivation in
the secondary references to modify the prior art amplifier of
appellants’ Figs. 3 and 4 in such a manner as to result in the
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