Appeal No. 98-2124 Page 4
Application No. 08/454,898
contact with a corresponding contact pad on the first printed
circuit board --. This interpretation is necessitated because
(1) "the spring force" has no antecedent basis and (2) a "first
printed circuit board" has been previously set forth in the
preamble. Similarly, in independent claim 15, subparagraph e)
ii), we interpret "wherein the signal contacts make electrical
contact to the contact pads by the spring force generated by
the bend in the signal contacts" to be -- wherein the signal
contacts have the capability of making electrical contact to
the pads by a spring force generated by the bend in the signal
contacts --. In subparagraph e) iii) of claim 15 we further
interpret "wherein the extending portions make electrical
contact to the ground contact pads by the spring force
generated by the bend in the extending portion" to be --
wherein the extending portions have the capability of making
electrical contact to the ground contact pads by a spring force
generated by the bend in the extending portion --. Both of
these interpretations of claim 15 are also necessitated by the
fact that "the spring force" has no antecedent basis.
THE § 102(b) REJECTION
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