Appeal No. 2001-0460
Application No. 09/030,032
said member including side walls extending vertically from
said film-adjacent surface along side edges thereof to define a
film-receiving nest,
whereby an end portion of said flexible film circuit strip
is receivable into said film-receiving nest to be adhered to said
film-adjacent surface to define an assembly insertable into a
receiving cavity of a receptacle connector.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Jerominek 3,737,833 Jun. 5, 1973
Rehbogen, Jr. et al. (Rehbogen) 4,367,006 Jan. 4, 1983
Antes 4,770,645 Sep. 13, 1988
Claims 1-38 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite. Claims 1-16 and 19-36 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the
examiner relies upon Rehbogen in view of Jerominek, further in
view of Antes.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellants and the
examiner, reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the
respective details thereof.
OPINION
We reverse both stated rejections of the claims on appeal.
As to the initial rejection of the claims under the second
paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112, the examiner questions the use of
the language “film adjacent surface” and “film non-adjacent
surface.” This language appears in some form in each claim on
appeal.
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