Appeal No. 2003-0265 Page 2
Application No. 09/105,150
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a terminal assembly having an externally
threaded screw engaged within an internally threaded bore of a terminal, with the screw
thread being deformed adjacent to an end remote from the screw head. The
deformation acts as a stop to limit removal of the screw from the terminal bore
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to
the appellants' brief.
Claims 1, 4 to 16 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over U.S. Patent No. 3,068,4451 to Crowther.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the final
rejection (Paper No. 20, mailed November 20, 2001) and the answer (Paper No. 23,
mailed May 3, 2002) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection,
and to the brief (Paper No. 22, filed February 19, 2002) and reply brief (Paper No. 24,
filed July 2, 2002) for the appellants' arguments thereagainst.
1 Issued December 11, 1962.
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