Appeal No. 2004-0031
Application 09/485,656
joined by a continuous longitudinal weld, or being adhesively
bonded to the plastic rod. The examiner cites Hollander as
teaching a tubular conductor which is formed in the manner
recited in claim 4. The examiner finds that it would have been
obvious to the artisan to form the inner conductor of Hafner in
the manner disclosed by Hollander. The examiner cites Mildner as
teaching adhesive bonding in a coaxial cable. The examiner finds
that it would have been obvious to the artisan to use adhesive
bonding in Hafner as taught by Mildner [answer, pages 4-6].
Appellants argue that one of ordinary skill in the art
would not be motivated to make the inner conductor of Hafner
using the Hollander method because Hollander relates to
thermocouples and not to the transmission of radio signals.
Appellants assert that the artisan would not have expected the
welding technique taught by Hollander to produce a conductor in
Hafner that would successfully transmit radio signals [brief,
pages 3-5].
The examiner responds that although the cable of
Hollander is a thermocouple cable, Hollander’s teaching to
construct a conductor using an abutting seam with a longitudinal
weld in order to obtain a smooth and continuous conductor is
applicable to other types of cables [answer, pages 8-9].
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