Appeal No. 1997-3974
Application No. 08/541,254
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 12-14 and 16-21,
which constitute all the claims remaining in the application.
This appeal relates only to claims 12-14 and 16-18. Claims
19-21 are not appealed [brief, page 2].
The invention pertains to an optoelectric coupling
device for coupling optoelectric transducers to each other.
Representative claim 12 is reproduced as follows:
12. An optoelectric coupling apparatus which includes a
connector shell that has an axis and that has an inside, first
and second circuit boards mounted at axially spaced positions
within said shell and having dielectric boards with inner
board faces facing each other and outer board faces facing
away from each other, and a plurality of pairs of transducers
mounted on said circuit boards, with each pair including first
and second transducers that are each mounted on a different
one of said circuit boards, with each transducer of a pair
having a transducer face facing toward a corresponding other
transducer of the pair to transmit and receive light between
them, including:
a one-piece integral opaque separator lying at a
location within said shell between said circuit boards and
occupying substantially the entire cross-sectional area of
said shell at said location, said separator having a plurality
of through holes that each loosely receives at least part of
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