Appeal No. 2005-0255 Page 2
Application No. 10/190,475
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a method of establishing an electrical
connection between at least one connecting piece of a workpiece and at least one
conductor or wire, to an apparatus for carrying out the method and to a contact piece for
attachment to the end of the wire (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Travis 3,777,302 Dec. 4, 1973
Swengel, Jr. et al. 4,298,243 Nov. 3, 1981
(Swengel)
Claims 13, 14, 16 and 18 to 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Swengel.
Claims 17 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Swengel in view of Travis.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
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