Appeal No. 2003-1908
Application No. 09/747,608
Thus, the appellants’ position that the subject matter
recited in independent claims 1 and 8, and dependent claims 2
through 5, 9 and 10, distinguishes over Takeuchi is not
persuasive. We shall therefore sustain the standing 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) rejection of these claims as being anticipated by
Takeuchi.
Claim 12, on the other hand, recites an electrical contact
assembly “having at least one electrical component . . . having
at least one electrical lead” and comprising a housing and at
least one electrical spring contact. The only electrical
component lead shown in Takeuchi’s Figure 7, which the examiner
cites as being anticipatory of the subject matter recited in
claim 12 (see page 4 in the answer), is cable conductor 14'.
Cable conductor 14', however, is not held approximately in an
orthogonal orientation to the body section of the
receptacle/contact 1 and between, and in electrical contact with,
its center section 7 and two arms 4 and 6, and is not ostensibly
capable of being so held.
Hence, in contrast to claims 1 and 8, the appellants’
position that the subject matter recited in independent claim 12
defines over Takeuchi is well taken. Therefore, we shall not
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