Appeal No. 1998-2485
Application 08/711,996
at a position to reside inside the appliance for making
circuit connection between a contact pin accessible
from outside the appliance and electrical wiring of the
appliance thus requiring entry into the housing while
the plug body structure is confined in place to replace
the fuse.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Eberhard et al. (Eberhard) 4,959,025 September 25,
1990
Claims 7-10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Eberhard.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 14) and the
Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 20) (pages referred to as
"EA__") for a statement of the Examiner's position, and to
the Brief (Paper No. 19) and the Reply Brief (Paper No. 21)
(pages referred to as "RBr__") for a statement of
Appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
The Examiner states for the first time in the
Examiner's Answer that the recitation that the fuse is only
to be accessed from inside of the appliance for replacement
has not been given any weight because the recitation occurs
in the preamble (EA4).
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