Shigekazu Wakata and Eiji Saijo (the appellants) appeal
from the final rejection of claims 1 and 7-17, the only
claims remaining in the application.2
We AFFIRM-IN-PART and, pursuant to authority under the
provisions of 37 C.F.R. § 1.196(b), we will enter new
rejections of claims 7-16 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph.
The appellants' invention pertains to (1) a rubber plug
for a waterproof connector, (2) a waterproof seal for use in
a
connector and (3) a waterproof connector utilizing such a
plug
and seal. Independent claims 1, 7 and 11 are further
illustrative of the appealed subject matter and copies
thereof
may be found in the appendix to the brief.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Otani et al. (Otani) 4,214,802 Jul. 29,
1980
Vogel 4,828,509 May 9,
1989
Scowen 5,098,315 Mar. 24,
1992
2Claims 7 and 9 have been amended subsequent to final
rejection.
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