Appeal 2007-3245
Application 11/153,772
1 electrical power contacts 7 for conducting power to
2 corresponding power contacts 9a in the mating connector
3 assembly 3, and electrical signal contacts 7 for transmitting
4 electrical signals to corresponding signal contacts 9b in the
5 mating electrical connector assembly 3. (Kain 5:23-29).
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7 Applicants’ Arguments
8 7. Applicants argue that they “believe that” the portion of Fig. 1
9 shown as 6 is a data connector and not a power blade connector (Br. 6).
10 8. Applicants also argue that the connector looks like a Molex data
11 connector part number 51089, attached as “Exhibit B” (Br. 6).
12 9. Applicants also argue that Figure 2 does not describe terminals
13 (blade terminals) which pass into the connector portion 6 as found by the
14 Examiner, since connector portion 6 is a data connector with straight wires,
15 not a power blade connector with curved wires (Br. 7-8).
16 D. Principles of Law
17 35 U.S.C. § 102
18 “A person shall be entitled to a patent unless….the invention was
19 patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or
20 in public use or on sale in this country, more than one year prior to the date
21 of the application for patent in the United States.” 35 U.S.C § 102(b).
22 To anticipate a claim, a prior art reference must disclose every
23 limitation of the claimed invention, either expressly or inherently.
24 Verdegaal Bros. Inc., v. Union Oil Co., 814 F.2d 628, 631, 2 USPQ2d 1051,
25 1053 (Fed. Cir. 1987).
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