Appeal No. 1998-0500
Application 08/504,478
The disclosed invention pertains to a system for
electronically verifying alignment and contact between two
parts to be mated.
Representative claim 13 is reproduced as follows:
13. An active verification system for at least one of
alignment, contact, and alignment and contact of mating parts,
comprising:
first and second structure means including conductive
patterns for alignment/contact verification of associated
mating parts; and
an elastomeric interface adapted to be located between
such associated mating parts;
whereby alignment verification is determined by a zero
electric flow through said electrically conductive patterns,
and contact verification is determined by an electric flow
through said electrically conductive patterns.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Brodsky et al. (Brodsky) 5,468,917 Nov. 21, 1995
(filed Feb. 23,
1994)
Claims 13-16 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by the disclosure of Brodsky.
Claim 17 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the teachings of Brodsky. A rejection of
claims 13-18 under the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112
made in the final rejection was not repeated in the examiner’s
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