Appeal No. 1998-1773 Page 7
Application No. 08/609,303
Independent claim 31 requires "a loop . . . for receiving said
exposed portion of said metallic shield . . . so that said
metallic shield can be bonded to said ground member while said
exposed portion is within said loop." Independent claim 37
requires "a pair of loops . . . for receiving one of said
cables at a location along said cable in registry with said
exposed portion of said metallic shield." Independent claim
44 requires "positioning said exposed portion of said metallic
shield . . . within one of a pair of loops . . .; and bonding
said exposed portion of said metallic shield to said ground
member while said exposed portion is positioned in said loop."
However, these limitations are not suggested by the applied
prior art. In that regard, while Schantz does teach utilizing
a tab 16 to hold a conductor end 24 to a terminal 10 when
soldering the conducting end to the terminal, Schantz would
not have suggested using tabs to secure the metallic shields
of Brunker's cables 108 to the ground plate 104.
In our view, the only suggestion for modifying Brunker in
the manner proposed by the examiner (answer, p. 5) to meet the
above-noted limitations stems from hindsight knowledge derived
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