Appeal No. 2006-1437
Application No. 10/782,161
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to a system and method for removing a processor from a
socket in which the processor has been compressed. Representative claim 8 is
reproduced below.
8. A method for extracting a processor from a socket, the method
comprising:
moving a load plate from a closed position that compresses the processor
into the socket to an open position;
activating an extraction device by movement of the load plate from the
closed position to the open position; and
extracting the processor from the socket with the activated extraction
device.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Ikeya 5,688,128 Nov. 18, 1997
McHugh et al. (McHugh) US 6,726,500 B1 Apr. 27, 2004
(filed Apr. 17, 2003)
Claims 1, 4, 8, and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated
by Ikeya.
Claims 1-4 and 8-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over McHugh and Ikeya.
We refer to the Final Rejection (mailed May 19, 2005) and the Examiner’s
Answer (mailed Sep. 29, 2005) for a statement of the examiner’s position and to the
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