Appeal No. 2000-2146
Application No. 09/197,513
patenting over Prudhon (issued on the parent of t he present
application)3 pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b). We only consider
independent claim 1 but encourage the Examiner to evaluate other
appealed claims for possible rejection under obviousness-type
double patenting over Prudhon alone or in combination with other
prior art.
Claim 1 is rejected under the judicially created doctrine of
obviousness-type double patenting over Prudhon . Claim 1 of
Prudhon (the only patented claim) reads as follows:
1. A cable having a circular cross-section and including
a plurality of individually insulated conductor pairs, said
cable comprising:
an electrical shield surrounding each of said conductor
pairs;
said electrical shield including central rod with
radial fins separating said conductor pairs from each
other for partially shielding each of said conductor
pairs, and a peripheral shield surrounding said rod
and all of said conductor pairs between said fins for
completing the shielding of each of said conductor
pairs,
wherein said rod comprises an insulative material
member of constant cross-section with an exterior
metallization that is continuous from one fin to the
next.
3 Prudhon 5,952,615 Sep. 14, 1999
(a copy of which is attached to this decision)
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