Appeal No. 2006-1814
Application 10/365,314
Representative independent claim 8 is reproduced below:
8. A device, comprising:
a hood attachable to a cable connector for a first cable, the cable connector attachable to a
substantially planar first circuit card, said hood attachable in a plane of the first circuit card, said
hood adapted to constrain a portion of the first cable to within a predetermined volume partially
defined by a thickness of the first circuit card, said hood adapted to constrain a portion of a
second cable to within the predetermined volume.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Little et al. (Little) 4,168,877 Sep. 25, 1979
Killian, Jr. 4,787,858 Nov. 29, 1988
Straub, Jr. et al. (Straub) 5,971,797 Oct. 26, 1999
Brown et al. (Brown) 5,993,251 Nov. 30, 1999
Claims 3, 5 through 9, 17 through 22, 24 through 27 and 29 stand rejected under U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Brown. On this same statutory basis the examiner considers
Little as an anticipatory reference as to claims 30 through 36. The remaining claims on appeal
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness as to claims 10 through 13
and 16, the examiner relies upon Brown in view Killian, and as to claims 14 and 15, the
examiner relies upon Brown in view of Straub.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellants and the examiner, reference is made to
the substitute brief filed on September 15, 2005 and the reply brief filed on January 10, 2006 for
the appellants’ positions, and to the answer for the examiner’s positions.
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