Appeal No. 1997-2652
Application 08/385,509
first printed circuit board. Each of the pins protrudes from
an opposite side of the printed circuit board. A second
printed circuit board has one or more holes and is mounted
directly to the opposite side of the first printed circuit
board. The pins of the first electri- cal circuit component
protrude through at least one of the holes
of the second printed circuit board. The second printed
circuit board has one or more electrical circuit components
connected to the first electrical circuit component. On
page 10 of the specification, Appellants disclose that figure
1B shows that an electrical circuit component 12 is disposed
on one side of the first printed circuit board 10. The elec-
trical circuit component 12 has pins 16 that pass through
holes in the first printed circuit board and protrude from
these holes to the opposite side of the first printed circuit
board. The pins pass through holes in the second printed
circuit board 18 which have additional electrical circuit
components needed for the modification.
Independent claim l0 is reproduced as follows:
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