Appeal No. 2003-1908
Application No. 09/747,608
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Takeuchi et al. (Takeuchi) 4,232,931 Nov. 11, 1980
Gronowicz, Jr. et al. (Gronowicz) 6,109,973 Aug. 29, 2000
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 5, 8 through 10 and 12 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Takeuchi.
Claims 6, 7, 11 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over by Takeuchi.
Claims 12 through 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Gronowicz in view of Takeuchi.
Attention is directed to the main and reply briefs (Paper
Nos. 13 and 16) and to the answer (Paper No. 14) for the
respective positions of the appellants and examiner regarding the
merits of these rejections.
DISCUSSION
I. The 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) rejection of claims 1 through 5, 8
through 10 and 12 as being anticipated by Takeuchi
Takeuchi discloses “a connector for electrically connecting
coaxial cables and, more particularly, to a receptacle capable of
electrically connecting cable conductors of a large variety of
different diameters” (column 1, lines 5 through 9). In general,
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