Appeal No. 1998-1328
Application No. 08/341,500
an outer conductor concentrically disposed about said
first insulator; and
an outer jacket concentrically disposed about said outer
conductor,
wherein said inner conductor imparts to said microphone
boom a characteristic of being freely positionable by a user,
said microphone boom maintaining a first position until moved
to a further position by said user.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Litauer 4,259,544 Mar. 31,
1981
Sacherman et al. 5,369,857 Dec. 6,
1994
Claims 1-15 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Sacherman in view of Litauer.
Rather than reiterate all arguments of the Appellant and
the Examiner, reference is made to the briefs and the answers
for the respective details thereof.2
OPINION
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 1-15 under 35
2 See Appellant's brief (hereinafter the brief) filed
August 18, 1997 and the Reply Brief filed October 30, 1997.
See also the Examiner's answer (hereinafter answer) filed
September 5, 1997 and the Supplemental Answer filed November
6, 1997.
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