Appeal No. 97-2611
Application 08/299,101
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims
1 to 4, 6, 10 and 11, all the claims remaining in the applica-
tion.
The appealed claims are drawn to a ground terminal,
and are reproduced in the appendix of appellant's brief.
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Hosking 2,179,575 Nov. 14,
1939
Mroz 2,778,399 Jan. 22,
1957
Spencer et al. (Spencer) 4,470,649 Sept. 11,
1984
Appellant's Figures 1 to 4
Claims 1 to 4, 6, 10 and 11 stand finally rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over the admitted
prior art, as shown in appellant's Figures 1 to 4, in view of 2
either Mroz or Hosking, together with Spencer.
2Pursuant to the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure
§ 608.02(g), appellant should designate Figs. 1 to 4 by
the legend "Prior Art."
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