Appeal No. 2001-2649
Application No. 09/358,926
conductive end terminal and bullet-shaped wire splaying end. We
find that the claim does allow for a reading in which the hollow
internally threaded female conductor member is a separate piece
from the conductive end terminal and the bullet-shaped wire
splaying end.
Turning to Lienard, we find that Lienard does teach a
bullet-shaped wire splaying end and conductive end terminal shown
as elements 2 and 3 in Figures 1 and 2. Furthermore, we find
that Lienard teaches a hollow internal threaded female conductor
member shown as 1 in Figures 1 and 2 of Lienard. Furthermore,
Lienard shows that the conductive bullet-shaped wiring splaying
member 3, a selected one of said end terminals 2 and a hollow
internal threaded female conductor member 1 selected to the
conductive internal and housing said bullet-shaped wire splaying
end in Figure 2 when these pieces are put together as a single
conductor part. Therefore, we find that the Examiner did not err
in finding that Appellant's claim 4 is broad enough in scope to
read on Lienard. Therefore, we will sustain the Examiner's
rejection of claim 4 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
In view of the foregoing, we have not sustained the
Examiner's rejection of claims 1 and 3 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
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