Appeal No. 2003-1908
Application No. 09/747,608
sustain the standing 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) rejection of claim 12 as
being anticipated by Takeuchi.
II. The 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of claims 6, 7, 11 and 13 as
being unpatentable over by Takeuchi
Dependent claims 6, 7, 11 and 13 set forth additional
characteristics of the electrical contact. The appellants do not
dispute the examiner’s determination that Takeuchi would have
suggested a contact having these characteristics, but instead
argue that the rejection is unsound due to Takeuchi’s alleged
deficiencies relative to parent claims 1, 8 and 12. For the
reasons expressed above, this line of argument is convincing with
regard to claim 12, but not with regard to claims 1 and 8.
Accordingly, we shall sustain the standing 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) rejection of claims 6, 7, 11 and 13 as being
unpatentable over by Takeuchi with respect to claims 6 and 7,
which depend indirectly from claim 1, and claim 11, which depends
from claim 8, but not with respect to claim 13, which depends
from claim 12.
III. The 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of claims 12 through 25 as
being unpatentable over Gronowicz in view of Takeuchi
Gronowicz discloses an electrical connector 10 comprising a
housing 14, terminals 44 disposed within the housing, and a
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