Appeal No. 2005-1571 3
Application No. 10/263,275
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Kraft 4,214,806 Jul. 29, 1980
Ashcraft et al. 6,579,131 Jun. 17, 2003
(Ashcraft)
THE REJECTION
Claims 1 through 6 and 8 through 37 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Ashcraft in view of
Kraft.
Attention is directed to the brief (filed April 22, 2004)
and answer (mailed June 22, 2004) for the respective positions of
the appellant and examiner regarding the merits of this
rejection.
DISCUSSION
I. The merits of the examiner’s rejection
Ashcraft, the examiner’s primary reference, discloses “a
slip-fit transformer stud electrical connector, and more
particularly, a connector which accommodates in the same slip-fit
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curvature due to the absence of any preceding recitation of a “first” radius
of curvature and (2) the lack of antecedent basis in claim 22 for the
recitation of “the arcuate top.”
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