Appeal No. 1998-1079
Application No. 08/572,166
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. An assembly comprising:
a multibranched bundle of electrical conductors;
an electromagnetic shielding system provided on
the multibranched bundle and comprising a network of
metal sheath elements surrounding said electrical
conductors and interconnected with one another to provide
an electrical continuity of said electromagnetic
shielding system; and
protecting means, comprising a plurality of
protective elements, for protecting the multibranched
bundle against frictional wear caused by said metal
sheath elements;
wherein said metal sheath elements and said
protective elements comprise braid elements formed directly
on said multibranched bundle, said braid elements of said
metal sheath elements comprising wires, and said braid
elements of said protective elements comprising filaments of
a wear- resistant material.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Sawyer 319,326 Jun. 2, 1885
Kurzböck 4,640,178 Feb. 3, 1987
Sato 5,012,045 Apr. 30, 1991
Clouet et al. (Clouet) 5,378,853 Jan. 3, 1995
(filed Jan. 27, 1993)
Claims 1-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As
evidence of obviousness, the examiner cites Clouet, Sawyer and
Kurzböck, with regard to claims 1-7, adding Sato with regard
to claim 8.
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