Case No. IP-2016-000202

102.To satisfy integer (2) the base unit must have an input for a signal from a cable network. The base unit in the Tap Bank is a simple metal sheet with no circuitry and no input for a signal. Teleste argued that the Tap Bank therefore had no base unit within the meaning of claim 1. It also argued that since the input is located in the directional coupler array the Tap Bank did not have a base unit with an input. 103.Technetix’ response was that claim 1 did not require the base unit to have circuitry. It was also sufficient that the input was into Tap Bank’s directional coupler array, with the array to be mounted on to the base unit. For the reasons stated in the section on construction I disagree on both counts.