Appeal No. 99-0637 Page 5
Application No. 08/711,841
The patent to Anderson also teaches in Fig. 4 with
regard to claim 12,
a housing (48) having an opening extending
therethrough,
means (24') positioned in a section of said
opening in said housing adapted for retaining an
associated surface (face of 24') to be sealed,
a ferrule (24) having an opening therein positioned
in another section of said opening of said housing
in said housing and adapted to retain in said
opening of said ferrule an associated tube [(12)] to
be sealed therein,
a fitting (26) removably positioned in another
section of said opening in said housing adapted to
compress the ferrule (24) about an associated tube
[(12)] for forming a seal therebetween, and adapted
to force a face of said ferrule against an
associated surface (face of (24') for forming a seal
therebetween.
With regard to claim 1, the appellants argue that
Anderson fails to teach "the features recited in lines 7-10"
(brief, page 7), which we interpret to mean the steps of
"compressing the ferrule around the tube to form a seal
therebetween, and positioning and retaining a face of the
ferrule against the surface of the device to form a seal
therebetween." We find that these steps are disclosed by
Anderson in column 4, line 66 through column 5, line 9, as
follows:
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