Appeal No. 2003-2153 Page 2
Application No. 09/632,160
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a low cost optical fiber cable in which
an optical fiber core having an outer covering is suppressed from movement inside the
outer covering in the lengthwise direction thereof and which does not cause
deterioration of the transmission characteristics even when the cable is bent, and to a
method of producing the same (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal
is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Hager et al. (Hager) 5,016,973 May 21, 1991
Keller et al. (Keller) 6,253,012 June 26, 2001
Claims 1 to 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Hager in view of Keller.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 12, mailed February 12, 2003) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
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