Appeal No. 95-4927
Serial No. 08/216,772
selected distance value between the tip ends, and wherein
each of said remaining leads has two bends, a first for
angling the lead away from a plane containing said
alternating ones of leads, and a second for angling the
lead into a plane parallel with the plane containing said
alternating ones of leads.
In the reply brief (at 3), appellants agree with the
examiner’s statement (Answer at 2) that claims 1 and 3-12
stand or fall together. Accordingly, we will specifically
address only claim 1.
We note at the outset that claim 1's recitations of
"alternating ones of said leads having an insulating coating"
and "the remaining leads having bends" (our emphasis) limit
the claim to devices having at least two insulated leads and
at least two bent leads, which means the claim reads on the
five-lead Figure 5 embodiment but not on the three-lead
embodiment of Figures 2-4. Also, although the second3
paragraph of the claim, by reciting that the tip ends are
separated by "a distance equal to at least a selected value,"
permits the tip ends to be separated by a distance equal to or
greater than a selected value, the last paragraph requires the
3This also means claim 6, which specifies that the
package "has exactly three leads," fails to further limit
claim 1.
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