Appeal No. 2000-0759
Application No. 08/772,198
Appellant's invention relates to a fiber optic coupler
and clip assembly for inserting into an opening in a panel
(claim 11) and to a coupler, clip and panel combination (claim
8). An adequate understanding of the claimed subject matter
can be had from a reading of illustrative claims 8 and 11, a
copy of which is attached to this decision.1
The single prior art reference of record relied upon by
the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Bailey et al. (Bailey) 3,446,467 May 27,
1969
Claims 8 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Bailey. The examiner's position
regarding this rejection is found on pages 3 and 4 of the
answer (Paper No. 15, mailed November 8, 1999).
Reference is made to the answer (Paper No. 15) for the
examiner's reasoning in support of the rejection and response
1Contrary to the examiner's statement in the answer (page
2), we note that the copy of claim 8 set forth in the Appendix
to appellant's brief is not a correct copy of the claim. A
correct copy of claim 8 may be found in Paper No. 3.
2
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