Appeal No. 97-2611
Application 08/299,101
leads 2b, c, d are not disclosed as being inserted into
sockets, but only into holes 1a through circuit board 1. We
therefore do not consider that one of ordinary skill would
derive from Spencer's disclosure any suggestion or motivation
to form the ends of the opposite edges of the admitted prior
art terminal body at an obtuse angle, as claimed, since the
reason disclosed by Spencer for doing so would not be present
in the admitted prior art terminal structure.
We further note that even if the admitted prior art
terminal body or leads were tapered as disclosed by Spencer,
the Spencer tapers 74 are positioned mostly below the top
surface
of the board C, rather than being located in their entirety
above the planar surface of the printed board, as recited in
claims 1 and 6.
The examiner's above-quoted alternative basis for
holding that the claimed obtuse angle would have been obvious,
i.e., to match the obliquely extending surface at the upper
right of appellant's Figure 3, is not well taken. In this
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