Appeal No. 2001-0321
Application 08/888,671
obviousness are:
Nakajima 4,974,075 Nov. 27, 1990
(filed July 20, 1988)
“The Expanded Cable and Connector EMI Suppressor Kit,” Fair-
Rite Products Corp., Engineering Bulletin, pp. 1-12 (May 1989)
(Fair-Rite)
“Cables and Connectors . . . How to Stop EMI Leaks,”
Supplement to EDN Magazine, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. S71-S77
(January 20, 1994)(EDN)
THE REJECTION
Claims 64, 68, 70 and 71 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Nakajima in view of Fair-
Rite.
Attention is directed to the appellants’ main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 42 and 44) and to the examiner’s answer
(Paper No. 43) for the respective positions of the appellants
and the examiner with regard to the merits of this rejection.2
DISCUSSION
I. The EDN reference
2In the final rejection, claim 68 also stood rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph. The record indicates
that the examiner has withdrawn this rejection as a result of
the amendment of claim 68 subsequent to final rejection.
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