Ex Parte Lucey - Page 2




                     Appeal No. 1998-1328                                                                                                                                              
                     Application No. 08/341,500                                                                                                                                        


                     for long periods of time.  The microphone boom allows for                                                                                                         
                     placement of the microphone near the user's mouth and which is                                                                                                    
                     rugged enough to avoid fracturing or breaking even after being                                                                                                    
                     repeatedly bent over long periods of time.  The boom includes                                                                                                     
                     an inner conductor having a plurality of support strands, a                                                                                                       
                     first insulator disposed about an inner conductor, an outer                                                                                                       
                     conductor disposed about the first insulator to shield the                                                                                                        
                     inner conductor and an outer jacket disposed about the outer                                                                                                      
                     conductor.  This arrangement allows for the boom to be                                                                                                            
                     positioned to fit a plurality of users.  A support wire from a                                                                                                    
                     plurality of different strands of wire allows the flexible                                                                                                        
                     cable to be repeatedly bent without fracture.                                                    1                                                                
                                Independent claim 1 is  as follows:                                                                                                                    
                     1.         A microphone boom comprising:                                                                                                                          
                                an inner conductor including:                                                                                                                          
                                a microphone wire strand in electrical communication with                                                                                              
                     a microphone; and                                                                                                                                                 
                                a plurality of wire strands;                                                                                                                           
                                a first insulator concentrically disposed about said                                                                                                   
                     inner conductor;                                                                                                                                                  


                                1 See page 3 of the specification.                                                                                                                     
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