Description:-Please see the attached .pdf file- , Claims:WE CLAIM:

1. A jumper tube assembly for use with a shunt tube assembly comprising:
a first tubular member (402, 602,702,902, 1002) capable of engaging a first end of a first shunt tube (1148A);
a second tubular member (404, 604, 704, 904, 1004) axially disposed within the first tubular member, wherein the second tubular member is capable of extending into engagement with a first end of a second shunt tube (1148B), wherein the second tubular member has an outer surface in contact with the inner surface of the first tubular member, and wherein the second tubular member comprises circumferential grooves (716) disposed on the outer surface of the second tubular member;
a locking member (406, 706, 906) engaging the outer surface of the second tubular member, the locking member comprising circumferential grooves (722) on an inner surface, and wherein the circumferential grooves of the second tubular member interact with the circumferential grooves of the locking member to prevent further longitudinal movement of the second tubular member into the first tubular member; and
wherein the inside diameter of at least a portion of the second tubular member increases towards at least one distal end of the second tubular member as the outside diameter of the second tubular member remains substantially constant.

2. The jumper tube assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the inside diameter of at least a portion of the first tubular member increases towards at least one distal end of the first tubular member as the outside diameter of the first tubular member remain substantially constant.

Dated this the 7th day of March 2024

(Manoj Venkitachalam)
[IN/PA-1637]
of SUBRAMANIAM & ASSOCIATES
Attorneys for the Applicants