Appeal No. 1999-2248
Application No. 08/960,255
directed to the cylindrical portion of the bobbin being
connected to the iron core by abutting a distal end of the
cylindrical portion, opposite the flange portion, to the iron
core, and securing the distal end of the iron core using a
butt connection are not disclosed by the admitted prior art.
Appellants also assert that the admitted prior art7
cylindrical portion 4a of the plate 4 is secured to a thin
wall 3b of the iron core at an intermediate section of the
cylindrical wall portion 4a, and therefore the cylindrical
portion is not disclosed to be secured to the iron core by its
distal end.
Finally, Appellants point out the advantages of their8
invention over the admitted prior art and that the Examiner
failed to consider the advantages of Appellants' invention.
The Examiner addresses Appellants' first argument by9
referring to figure 21 and its showing the plate abutting the
7Brief, page 5.
8Brief, pages 6 and 8.
9Examiner's Answer, page 4.
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