Appeal No. 96-0616 Application 08/036,249 (Paper No. 23, mailed August 25, 1995), and second supplemental answer (Paper No. 25, mailed November 13, 1995) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellant's main brief (Paper No. 17, filed December 21, 1994), reply brief (Paper No. 21, filed June 16, 1995), and supplemental reply brief (Paper No. 24, filed October 20, 1995) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst. OPINION In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the determinations which follow. Rejection (1) Kikuchi shows electrical connectors or components C , C ,1 2 and C , each connector including conducting pin terminals 12 3 and 14 arrayed in two rows and extending from a non-conductive 5Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007