Appeal No. 2000-2266
Application No. 09/069,700
medium to a mating differential signal pair on a second printed
circuit board, cable or other transmission medium. Appellants
assert (specification, page 3) that the use of the split pin
connector enables better performance and higher frequency
capability.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
1. A method of enhancing the differential signaling speed
performance of a PCI bus, within a data processing system,
comprising the steps of:
connecting a differential signal pair to a printed
circuit board, cable or other transmission; and
replacing the standard solid connectors pins with Split
Pin connectors.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Lynch 4,838,800 Jun. 13, 1989
Claims 1-3, 8-10, 15-17, and 22-25 stand finally rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Lynch. Claims
4-7, 11-14, 18-21, and 26-29 stand finally rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Lynch.1
1 Although the Examiner, in the final Office action, had made a
35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, rejection of claims 5, 12, 19, and 27, no
mention of this rejection is made in the Examiner’s Answer. We conclude,
therefore, that this rejection has been withdrawn. See Ex parte Emm, 118 USPQ
180, 181 (Bd. App. 1957).
2
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