Ex parte MOTTINE et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1999-2316                                                        
          Application No. 08/640,262                                                  


          Arpin et al. (Arpin)          5,563,377                Oct.  8,             
          1996                                                                        
                                                  (filed Jun. 16, 1994)               
          Bleich et al. (Bleich)        5,600,097           Feb.  4, 1997             
                                                  (filed Nov.  4, 1994)               
          TIA/EIA Standard: Commercial Building Telecommunications                    
          Cabling Standard, Telecommunications Industry Association,                  
          TIA/EIA-568-A, pp. 37, 39-45, 48-51, 2 unnumbered pages (Oct.               
          6, 1995) (hereinafter referred to as TIA/EIA Standard                       
          document).                                                                  
               Claims 45 and 47 through 50 stand rejected under 35                    
          U.S.C.                                                                      
          § 112, first paragraph, for lack of written description for                 
          the formulas set forth in claims 45 and 48.                                 
               Claims 4, 7, 9, 13, 39 and 40 stand rejected under 35                  
          U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Arroyo in view of                
          Bleich.                                                                     
               Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being              
          unpatentable over Arroyo in view of Bleich and Gerland.                     
               Claims 8 and 31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)                
          as being unpatentable over Arroyo in view of Bleich and Arpin.              
               Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as                   
          being unpatentable over Arroyo in view of Bleich and Nye.                   
               Claim 14 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as                   
          being unpatentable over Arroyo in view of Bleich, Nye and                   
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