Appeal No. 2005-2560
Application No. 10/123,447
BACKGROUND
Appellant's invention relates to a testing assembly and method for identifying
network circuits. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. An apparatus for identifying at least one cable in a cabling
system, said cable having a first end and a second end remote from said
first end, said cable containing at least a first and second conductive wire,
said apparatus comprising:
a patch panel having at least one patch jack, said patch jack in electrical
communication with said at Ieast first and second conductive wires in said
first end of said cable;
at Ieast one indicator Iamp, permanently installed in said patch panel
adjacent to said patch jack, said indicator Iamp having a first electrical
lead in electrical communication with said first conductive wire and a
second electrical Iead in electrical communication with said second
conductive wire;
at Ieast one wall jack in electrical communication with said at least first
and second conductive wires in said second end of said at Ieast one
cable; and
means for applying a test voltage to said at Ieast one wall jack,
whereby the applied test voltage at said at Ieast one wall jack causes said
indicator Iamp adjacent to said patch jack to Iight, when the patch jack is
electrically connected to the wall jack through said first and second
conductive wires of said cable.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Loudermilk 5,704,802 Jan. 6, 1998
Fincher et al. (Fincher) 5,847,557 Dec. 8, 1998
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