Appeal No. 1998-1773 Page 3 Application No. 08/609,303 BACKGROUND The appellant's invention relates to a system for terminating the shield of a high speed cable. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 25, 31, 37 and 44 (the independent claims on appeal), which appear in the appendix to the appellant's brief. The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are: Schantz 3,916,139 Oct. 28, 1975 Dohi 4,966,565 Oct. 30, 1990 Brunker et al. 5,304,069 Apr. 19, 1994 (Brunker) Claims 25, 28, 29, 31, 34, 35, 37, 39 to 42, 44 and 46 to 49 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Brunker in view of Schantz.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007