Appeal No. 2002-2286
Application 09/706,252
claim 19 on appeal. While the uncured natural or synthetic rubber
of Goodloe and the silicone polyurethane material of Severinsen
are each compressed into layers of knitted metallic mesh to form
shielding and sealing elements or gaskets, we note that in
neither of these patents is there any teaching or suggestion of a
layer of fluorosilicone between a pair of layers of electrically
conductive woven members, wherein the opposing mating surfaces of
the electrically conductive woven members are compressed together
“thereby electrically conductively bonding said opposing mating
surfaces and providing a hermetic seal between said opposing
mating surfaces,” as set forth in claim 19. As noted on page 5 of
the present specification, “[w]hen applied under pressure the two
aluminum mesh 32 meet and form the electrical contact needed
between the two mating surfaces.” No such meeting or contact
between the electrically conductive woven members is present in
either Goodloe or Severinsen. Thus, there are no mating surfaces
of the woven or knit metallic wire mesh members in these two
applied patents that are compressed together resulting in
electrically conductive bonding of the mating surfaces, as in
claim 19. Accordingly, this rejection will not be sustained.
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