DETAILED ACTION Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102 The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action: A person shall be entitled to a patent unless – (a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention. Claim s 1-4 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 (a)(1) as being anticipated by Honma et al. (5,181,860) . Regarding claim 1 , Honma et al. disclose a connector element for a connector system, the connector element comprising: at least three contact members ( 141, Fig. 3a or A, B and C , a FIGURE A below ) for making electric contact; and a contact member carrier (142, Fig. 3a) having a front face; wherein the contact members extend through the contact member carrier from the front face to a back face on a back side of the contact member carrier and project from the back side, wherein each of the contact members has an insulation radius, said insulation radius being, when measured in a view onto the front face, a minimum clearance between outer boundaries of said contact member and a closest neighbouring one of the contact members (Fig. 3b) ; wherein the insulation radius of at least one ( A , the FIGURE A below) of the contact members exceeds the insulation radius of another one (B, the FIGURE A below) of the contact members. Regarding claim 2 , the FIGURE A above shows the insulation radius of one (A) of the contact members exceeds the insulation radius of all other (B and C) of the contact members. Regarding claim 3 , FIUGRE C below shows the contact member carrier comprises recesses surrounding the projecting sections of the contact members. Regarding claim 4 , the FIGURE A above shows the contact members are arranged in two arrays extending across the front face. Claim s 1, 4-10, 12 and 15 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 (a)(1) as being anticipated by Walldorf et al. (10,403,995) . Regarding claim 1 , Wallorf et al. disclose a connector element for a connector system, the connector element comprising: at least three contact members ( 148 and 1 32 , Fig. 13 or X , Y and Z , a FIGURE B below (from Fig. 10 ) ) for making electric contact; and a contact member carrier (1 4 2 , 1 3 8 and 140 , Fig. 13 ) having a front face; wherein the contact members extend through the contact member carrier from the front face to a back face on a back side of the contact member carrier and project from the back side, wherein each of the contact members has an insulation radius, said insulation radius being, when measured in a view onto the front face, a minimum clearance between outer boundaries of said contact member and a closest neighbouring one of the contact members; wherein the insulation radius of at least one ( X , the FIGURE B below) of the contact members exceeds the insulation radius of another one ( Y , the FIGURE B below) of the contact members. Regarding claim 4 , the FIGURE B above shows the contact members are arranged in two arrays extending across the front face. Regarding claim 5 , a printed circuit board (102, Fig. 10 ) , wherein the printed circuit board is received between the contact member projecting sections projecting from the back face; wherein at least one of the contact member projecting sections is located on each face of the printed circuit board and directly soldered to a conductor path of the printed circuit board (column 6, lines 24-27) , thereby electrically connecting said at least one of the contact members to a conductor path of the printed circuit board. Regarding claim 6 , Fig. 10 shows a clear space is provided between the projecting sections of the contact members of the first array and the contact members of the second array; and the printed circuit board is arranged inside and extends across the clear space from the projecting sections of the contact members of the first array to the projecting sections of the contact members of the second array. Regarding claim 7 , Fig. 8 shows a recess ( pointed at 132 ) is provided on the back side of the contact member carrier and is configured to receive the printed circuit board. Regarding claim 8 , the printed circuit board has at least one contact path (166, Fig. 29) intended for transmitting an analog measurement signal to or from at least one circuit component arranged on the printed circuit board; and one of: at least one of the at least one of the contact members having the insulation radius which exceeds the insulation radius of another one of the contact members; and the one contact member having the insulation radius exceeding the insulation radius of any other of the contact members is in electric contact with at least one of the at least one of the contact paths intended for transmitting an analog measurement signal to or from at least one circuit component. Regarding claim s 9 and 15 , a pluggable connector (104, Fig. 1) is attached to the printed circuit board opposite the connector element of the assembly; and a housing (116, Fig. 1) extending between the connector element and the pluggable connector and encapsulating the printed circuit board. Regarding claim 10 , a sensor (124, Fig. 2) ; and a signal line (conductors of 124) of the sensor through which an analog measurement signal is provided is in electrical connection with one of the at least one of the contact members having the insulation radius which exceeds the insulation radius of 38another of the contact members or the one contact members which has the insulation radius exceeding the insulation radius of any other of contact members. Regarding claim 12 , a first one (Y, the FIGURE B above) of the connector elements comprises the contact members comprising at least one pin-type contact member projecting from the front face, and wherein a second one (Z) of the connector elements comprises the contact members which are arranged on the front face of the contact member carrier of the second connector element and are shaped and arranged complementary to the contact members of the first connector element. Allowable Subject Matter Claims 11 and 13-14 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims. Conclusion Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to FILLIN "Examiner name" \* MERGEFORMAT THANH TAM T LE whose telephone number is FILLIN "Phone number" \* MERGEFORMAT (571)272-2094 . The examiner can normally be reached 9AM-6PM . Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video conferencing using a USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. To schedule an interview, applicant is encouraged to use the USPTO Automated Interview Request (AIR) at http://www.uspto.gov/interviewpractice. If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Abdul Riyami can be reached at 571-270-3119 . 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