Appeal No. 97-4158
Application No. 08/515,218
The appellant's invention is directed to a zero insertion
force socket (claims 41-47), to a method of providing a
retention force in a zero retention force socket (claims 48-
54), and to a computer system comprising a circuit board with
a zero insertion force socket (claims 55-60). The subject
matter before us on appeal is illustrated by reference to
claim 1, which has been reproduced in an appendix to the
Appeal Brief (Paper No. 23).
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Scheingold et al. (Scheingold) 4,278,311 Jul. 14,
1981
Kishi et al. (Kishi) 5,244,404 Sep. 14,
1993
Bright 5,256,080 Oct. 26,
1993
Bruder, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, Vol. 13, No. 5
(October 1974) p. 1265.
Jarvela, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, Vol. 16, No. 12
(May 1974) pp. 3975-3976.
THE REJECTION
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