Appeal No. 1999-2259
Application 08/711,614
an extruded form being cutable to a length determined by
the particular width of any one of the busway housings on
which it is to be used, said extruded form having at least one
generally flat surface extending along a longitudinal axis of
said surge clamp for continuously engaging a generally flat
surface of said any one of the busway housings and defining a
centrally located passage extending longitudinally from a
first end of said surge clamp to a second end of said surge
clamp.
In rejecting Appellant’s claims, the Examiner relies on
two references:
Slicer et al. (Slicer) 4,705,334 Nov. 10,
1987
Rinderer 5,580,014 Dec. 3,
1996
Claims 1 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as
being anticipated by Rinderer. Claims 2, 3, 6-8 and 12 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over the combination
of Rinderer and Slicer. Rather than repeat the
arguments of Appellant and Examiner, we refer the reader to
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