Appeal No. 95-3453
Application No. 08/125,709
been led to employ such features in the specific heating
device of the type described in the Kochendorfer reference.
The examiner, for instance, appears to take the position
that "the linking of grommet 40" as shown in Figure 4
constitutes the claimed electrical plug-in connectors.
However, the examiner has not demonstrated why "the linking of
grommet 40" constitutes the electrical plug-in connectors of
the type described and claimed in appellants' application,
especially when "the linking of grommet 40" in Figure 4 is
viewed together with Figure 1 in Kochendorfer. Nor has the
examiner proffered any evidence, much less explanation, why it
would have been obvious to employ the claimed electrical plug-
in connectors, rather than grommet 40, for the sealing
purposes.
The examiner also appears to take the position that the
claimed plurality of conductors would read on the single
conductor (wire) described in the Kochendorfer reference. As
indicated supra, the claimed plurality of conductors, when
read in light of the specification, require a multitude of
individually insulated wires which number correspond to the
number of silos in the electrical plug-in connectors. Such
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