Appeal No. 1998-0357
Application 08/258,429
further in view of Gutmann, in light of the appellants’
statement that these claims stand or fall with claim 31 (see
page 18 in the brief).
Claim 53 recites a table assembly comprising a power
supply housing, one or more first power supply receptacles
mounted to the housing and facing in a front direction and one
or more second power supply receptacles mounted to the housing
and facing in a rear direction. Claim 54 recites a table
system comprising a power supply housing containing a pair of
spaced electrical connectors, electrical power cable means
extending between and interconnected with the electrical
connectors, one or more power supply receptacles
interconnected with the electrical connectors and a jumper
interconnected with at least one electrical connector of a
first table assembly and at least one electrical connector of
an adjacent table assembly. Since there is nothing in the
applied references which would have suggested a table assembly
or system having the foregoing components, we shall not
sustain the standing 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of claims 53
and 54 as being unpatentable over Newhouse in view of Grund,
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