Appeal No. 2002-1471 Page 3
Application No. 09/141,183
a first longitudinal inhibiting capture adapted to secure
the conductor sleeve to the resilient section of the load beam
such that longitudinal displacement of the conductor sleeve
proximate the first longitudinal inhibiting capture is
constrained.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Hagen 5,027,239 Jun. 25, 1991
Claims 1, 2, 8, 9, 12, 13, and 16-19 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Hagen.
Claims 14 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over Hagen.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellants regarding the above-noted rejections,
we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 14, mailed
May 4, 2001) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of
the rejections, and to appellants' brief (Paper No. 13, filed
February 13, 2001) for appellants' arguments thereagainst. Only
those arguments actually made by appellants have been considered
in this decision. Arguments which appellants could have made but
chose not to make in the brief have not been considered. See 37
CFR 1.192(a).
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