Appeal No. 1997-2878
Application No. 08/287,505
shows the claimed base member and a hinged cover member free
from apertures wherein the cover member provided limited
access to the owner of the premises while providing complete
access to a telephone service employee and wherein the base
member includes an open top having a circumscribing wall
portion with a telephone subscriber loop termination disposed
therein. Further, as depicted in Figure 8 of the design
patent, there are a plurality of slotted post members, as
recited in claim 6.
Thus, the rejection of claims 2, 6 and 30 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 over Hampton is reversed, as Hampton is not applicable
to these claims due to the priority date accorded the subject
matter of these claims.
With regard to claims 3 through 5 and 7 through 28, we
will sustain the rejection of these claims under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as unpatentable over Hampton.
Claims 3 and 16, and, therefore, the claims dependent
therefrom, contain, respectively, limitations including “first
means for electrically connecting said plug means to said
first set of terminals and second means for electrically
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