Appeal No. 98-1264 Page 2
Application No. 08/489,272
allowable subject matter, which effectively removes the
necessity to consider it on appeal.2
The appellants’ invention is directed to an electrical
terminal. The claims before us on appeal have been reproduced
in an appendix to the Brief.
THE REFERENCE
Sian 4,472,017 Sep.
18, 1984
THE REJECTION
Claims 1-3, 5-8, 11-15 and 17-20 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Sian.
The rejection is explained in the Examiner's Answer.
The viewpoints of the appellants are set forth in the
Brief.
OPINION
2A rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, was
withdrawn in view of an amendment filed after the final
rejection (see Papers Nos. 14, 17 and 18).
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