Appeal No. 1999-0426 Application No. 08/247,894 BACKGROUND The appellants’ invention relates to a waterproof structure for wire harness. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below. 1. A system for a waterproof wire harness structure, comprising: a) at least one instrument; b) a plurality of electric wires connected to the instrument; c) a plurality of wire connecting parts at which the electrical wires are bundled; and d) a sealant retained by a specified wire connecting part of said wire connecting parts, said sealant having a viscidity less than about 40000 CPS and a hardness after solidification of less than about 50 on the Shore-D scale; wherein the specified wire connecting part is arranged in a position nearest to the instrument positioned at a tail end of an intruding course of water into said harness. The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are: Koblitz et al. (Koblitz) 4,714,801 Dec. 22, 1987 Jervis 4,859,809 Aug. 22, 1989 Claims 1-4, 6, 8-10, and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Koblitz in view of Jervis. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007