IN RE PHILLIPS

Appeal No. 81-587.

673 F.2d 1273 (1982)

In re Michael J. PHILLIPS and Aubrey M. Crick.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

March 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan E. J. Branigan, Arlington, Va., and Thomas L. Peterson, Woodland Hills, Cal., for appellants.

Joseph F. Nakamura, Sol., and Gerald H. Bjorge, Associate Sol., Washington, D. C., for the Patent and Trademark Office.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, BALDWIN, MILLER and NIES, Judges.


RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Appeals (board) sustaining the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 of claims 1-3, 7, and 8 in appellants' application, serial No. 679,759, filed April 23, 1976, for "Termination of Optical Fibers." We reverse.

Background

The sheathed optical fiber is the optical analogue of insulated bell wire. In the latter, the copper conductor...

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