Appeal No. 1998-0501
Application No. 08/518,997
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a semi-transparent protective construction for
splice portions using semi-transparent hot melt. An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 5, which is reproduced below.
5. A protective construction for spliced portions of a plurality of wires,
comprising:
an at least partially transparent cap for enclosing said portions; and
at least a portion of said cap being filled with at least partially
transparent hot melt;
wherein an object placed in said hot melt is visible through said cap
and hot melt, and
wherein said object does not contact an inner periphery of said cap.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Berbeco 4,662,514 May 05, 1987
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Preissler 1,433,716 Feb. 21, 1966
(France Patent Publication)
Claims 5, 7-13 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Preissler in view of Berbeco and appellants’ own disclosure at page 7.
A copy of the translation by S.T.I.C. Translation Branch, dated January 13, 1988, is attached.1
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