Appeal No. 1998-0432 Page 2
Application No. 08/681,070
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a one-piece water
tight connector for flexible non-metallic conduit. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claim 1, which appears in the appendix to the
appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Burd 4,133,312 Jan.
9, 1979
Alexander 249,146 Jan.
12, 1961
(Australia)
Claims 1 through 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Burd in view of Alexander.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 13,
mailed September 15, 1997) for the examiner's complete
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