Appeal No. 2006-0542 Page 8
Application No. 10/054,083
For our part, we find that the first lever 39(1) is actuated to apply a rotational
force to the card (21) during insertion of the card in the slot of the connector 31. To wit,
"the first lever 39(1) is inwardly pushed manually or otherwise to rotate the card
board 21 as indicated by a counterclockwise arrow I." (Id. at ll. 15-17.) By that
rotational force, "the card board 21 is brought into mechanical contact with the card
edge connector 31," (id. at ll. 20-21), and "the card board 21 is put in place." (Id. at
l. 24.) Therefore, we affirm the rejection of claims 1 and 11 and of claims 3-10 and 13,
which fall therewith.
B. CLAIMS 14-19
The appellants argue claims 14-19, which are subject to the same ground of
rejection, as a group. (Appeal Br. at 10-11.) We select claim 14 the sole claim on
which to decide the appeal of the group.
The examiner finds, "Tondreault discloses an assembly comprising . . . a first
case attached to a first end of the connector, the first case having first and second
opposing planar surfaces defining a channel therebetween (for example, see
elements 12, 20, Figs 1-5, see columns 1-4), and having a hole formed in each planar
surface (for example, see holes that elements 28 are engaged with, best shown at
Fig 1). . . ." (Examiner's Answer at 8.) The appellants argue, "upon reference to the
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