The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 37 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MASAHIKO NAKAMURA ____________ Appeal No. 1998-0249 Application No. 08/534,100 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, PATE and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. PATE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 19, 3, 5-9 and 11-18. Claims 1, 2-4 and 10 have been cancelled. Thus, the appealed claims are the only claims remaining in the application. The claimed invention is directed to a socket-type multipolar electrical connector. The connector is characterized by a first group of contacts at a relatively fine pitch and a second group of contacts at a relativelyPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007