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An electrical buss has a carrier and at least a pair of electrically conductive elements. The at least a pair of electrically conductive elements extend linearly along a length of the carrier and at least a portion of each of the least a pair of electrically conductive elements is exposed at a surface of the carrier. A connector is releasably couplable to the electrical buss adjacent to the surface of the carrier. The connector has at least a pair of electrically conductive contacts for engaging with the electrically conductive elements at any desired location along the length of the carrier.

I5390043EPP00JgEP16002738.9Ideal Industries Inc.1DH20170905H01RUS2013044501A1RUDISILL CHARLES A [US] ET AL20130221X1-4,6Y5* abstract ** paragraph [0125] - paragraph [0127] ** paragraph [0133] - paragraph [0133] ** paragraph [0136] - paragraph [0136] ** figures 1-7 *WO2008099305A1PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [DE]; KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV [NL20080821X1-4A5,6* abstract ** page 15, line 24 - page 17, line 2 ** figures 1-7 *US7374444B1BENNETT BARTON E [US]20080520Y5* abstract ** figures 1-25 *US2013335983A1NICIEJA ROBERT [US] ET AL20131219A1-6* abstract ** figures 1-9C *1-67-24Reason for the limitation of the search:

Under Article 84 in combination with Rule 43(2) EPC, an application may contain more than one independent claim in a particular category only if the subject-matter claimed falls within one or more of the exceptional situations set out in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of Rule 43(2) EPC. However the claims in the present application fail to comply with Rule 43(2) EPC (see Rule 62a(2) EPC  and Guidelines F-IV.3.2 ).

The six identified sets of claims are the following:- Claims 1 - 6;- Claims 7 - 12;- Claims 13 - 15;- Claims 16 - 19;- Claims 20 - 21;- Claims 22 - 24.

Therefore, the search has been conducted on the basis of independent claim 1 (with dependent claims 2 - 6), as requested by the Applicant with the communication of 26.07.2017.

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