Appeal No. 2001-0560 Page 2
Application No. 08/603,719
The appellants’ invention relates to a method for the
longitudinal application of an elongated retainer element onto
a traversing traveling or moving bundle having a plurality of
electrical and/or optical transmission elements
(specification, page 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is
set forth in the appendix to the appellants’ brief.
The examiner relied upon the following prior art
references of record in rejecting the appealed claims:
Jore et al. (Jore) 3,405,443 Oct. 15,
1968
Heymann et al. (Heymann) 256,881 May 25,
19881
(German patent document)
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 50, 54-84 and 99-103 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Heymann in view of
Jore.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the final rejection and answer
(Paper Nos. 16 and 22) for the examiner's complete reasoning
We derive our understanding of this reference from the translation1
prepared by the PTO, a copy of which is appended to this decision.
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