Appeal No. 2002-2286
Application 09/706,252
Appellants’ invention relates to a method of electrically
conductively bonding opposing mating surfaces.1 Claim 19 reads
as follows:
19. A method of electrically conductively bonding opposing
mating surfaces comprising the steps of:
providing a layer of fluorosilicone between a pair of
electrically conductive woven members; and
then compressing mating surfaces of said pair of
electrically conductive woven members together thereby
electrically conductively bonding said opposing mating surfaces
and providing a hermetic seal between said opposing mating
surfaces.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claim are:
Goodloe 2,674,644 Apr. 6, 1954
Severinsen 4,037,009 Jul. 19, 1977
Tzeng 4,678,716 Jul. 7, 1987
Claim 19 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Goodloe in view of Severinsen.
1 While the specification (e.g., pages 1, 2 and 5) appears
to use the terminology “mating surfaces” to refer to surfaces of
the two aircraft components being joined together via a corrosion
resistant gasket, we note that claim 19 on appeal appears to use
the “mating surfaces” language to refer to opposing surfaces of
the two electrically conductive woven members which are brought
into contact via the “compressing” step of the method and thereby
“electrically conductively bonded” together within the layer of
fluorosilicone.
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