Appeal No. 1998-3027
Application No. 08/546,179
Schubert. The examiner relies on Ostapovitch, Wurster,
Seidler and Takenouchi with regard to claims 16 and 17.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
We will sustain the rejection of claim 16 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 but we will not sustain the rejection of claims 1, 5, 9,
11, 12 and 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Turning first to independent claims 1 and 9, the examiner
applies the combination of Ostapovitch and Wurster against the
claims. Ostapovitch clearly discloses a socket formed of a
sheet metal blank with a contact body having forward and rear
sections. At the front end, there is a reverse bend of more
than 90 degrees which forms a plurality of spring fingers 13
and lead-in tabs 50, all lying within a “hood” of the socket
and extending rearwardly from the front end and with the
fingers extending inwardly toward the center axis of the hood.
See Figures 19 and 20 of Ostapovitch.
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