Appeal No. 2002-0903
Application 09/359,916
threaded tubular connection, including the multi-start threads,
can be used not just for connection of pipes [answer, page 4].
We will not sustain the examiner’s rejection of claim 4
based on the teachings of Locati and Klementich. We agree with
appellant that Klementich is essentially non-analogous art with
respect to Locati. The claimed invention and Locati relate to
the art of coaxial cable connectors. Klementich is directed to
the art of “tapered threaded connections for large diameter pipe
. . . such that it may function as casing for use in oil, gas,
geothermal, disposal and other types of wells” [column 1, lines
9-14]. The artisan in the field of coaxial cable connectors
would not look to the field of oil and gas pipes for solving
connection problems in the field of coaxial cable connectors.
The examiner’s reliance on the general statement in Klementich
that the invention is not limited by the disclosed embodiments is
misplaced. That general statement provides no basis for applying
the teachings of Klementich to the disparate field of coaxial
cable connectors.
With respect to separately argued dependent claim 5, the
examiner finds that the arrangement shown in Locati meets the
limitations of claim 5 [answer, page 3]. Appellant argues that
Locati fails to describe that the arrangement shown satisfies the
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