The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte LAURENCE RAY MCCOLLOCH
and BRENTON ARTHUR BAUGH
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Appeal No. 2005-2299
Application No. 10/603,714
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, OWENS, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from a rejection of claims 1-20, which are
all of the pending claims.
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a connection cable comprising an optical
cable and an integrated electrical connector, and also claim
methods for making the cable and for using the cable to connect
two devices. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A connection cable comprising an optical cable;
and,
an integrated electrical connection permanently
fixed to the optical cable, the integrated electrical
connector being for plug-in connection to a matching
electrical connector on a target device;
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