Appeal No. 2003-0271 Page 2
Application No. 09/592,058
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to the field of electromagnetic interference, and
in particular to a connector that suppresses electromagnetic interference from
IEEE-1394 connectors (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set
forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Weidler et al. (Weidler) 6,033,263 Mar. 7, 2000
Claims 1, 2, 4 to 7, 9, 10, 12 to 18 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Weidler.
Claims 3, 8, 11 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Weidler.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 9, mailed July 12, 2002) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of
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