Appeal No. 1998-0402
Application No. 08/490,046
The appellants’ invention is directed to a sleeve of
thermoplastic material which is provided with a heating
element for producing a weld connection, and is equipped with
a means to indicate when the weld joint has been made. The
claims before us on appeal have been reproduced in an appendix
to the Brief.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Sturm 4,117,311 Sep. 26,
1978
Kunnecke et al. (Kunnecke) 4,703,150 Oct. 27,
1987
THE REJECTION
Claims 1-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Sturm in view of Kunnecke.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner’s full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejection and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellants regarding it, we make reference to the Examiner’s
Answer (Paper No. 13) and to the Appellants’ Briefs (Papers
No. 12 and 14).
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