Appeal No. 1998-2485
Application 08/711,996
which supports contact pins 3-5, i.e., a male connector like
that disclosed in Eberhard, which is commonly used on
computers and printers. Although we have no doubt that a
female plug body would have been obvious over the male plug
body disclosed, a description which renders obvious the
claimed invention is not sufficient. See Lockwood v.
American Airlines, Inc., 107 F.3d 1565, 1571-72,
41 USPQ2d 1961, 1966 (Fed. Cir. 1997).
CONCLUSION
The rejection of claims 7-10 is reversed.
A new ground of rejection has been entered against
claims 9 and 10 pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b).
This decision contains a new ground of rejection
pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)(amended effective Dec. 1,
1997, by final rule notice, 62 Fed. Reg. 53,131, 53,197
(Oct. 10, 1997), 1203 Off. Gaz. Pat. & Trademark Office 63,
122 (Oct. 21, 1997)). 37 CFR § 1.196(b) provides that, "A
new ground of rejection shall not be considered final for
purposes of judicial review."
37 CFR § 1.196(b) also provides that the appellant,
WITHIN TWO MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE DECISION, must
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