Appeal No. 2002-0104
Application No. 09/254,605
comprise wires 21 and 23 which form a wire set: see Figures 1
and 7). The wires 21 and 23 of Comte's wire set can consist of
different materials, including a high-resistive cobalt alloy and
a low-resistive silver (column 6, lines 7-9, lines 38-40 and
lines 43-47). Consequently, Comte teaches a plurality of
conductors (wires) disposed side-by-side wherein each of the
conductors comprises low-resistive and high-resistive materials.
As set forth by the examiner, this disclosure meets the
requirement of claim 11 for "one of said plurality of wires in
said wire set comprising a low-resistive conductor" and "at least
two of said plurality of wires in said wire set respectively
comprising high-resistive conductors" (emphasis added). This is
so because the claim language "comprising" is open-ended and
encompasses a plurality of wires wherein the wire comprising the
low-resistive conductor also comprises a high-resistive
conductor, and the wires comprising high-resistive conductors
also comprise a low-resistive conductor (see the Examiner's
Answer at pages 12 and 13).
Comte does not teach that a conductor comprising a low-
resistive material is encased in an exterior jacket comprising a
high-resistive material. However, as noted by the examiner,
Dahl, directed to a medical electrode used with a cardiac
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