Appeal No. 98-2124 Page 15
Application No. 08/454,898
3, lines 14-21). Accordingly, one of ordinary skill in this
art would have been motivated to make solder tails 88 of
Biechler resilient in order to apply a spring force as taught
by Baechtle, and thus achieve Baechtle's expressly stated
advantage of providing proper contact between the solder tails
and the mother board prior to soldering, thereby avoiding the
disadvantage of a deficient solder joint. In this regard, it
should be noted that there is no claim limitation which would
preclude the solder tails from being subsequently soldered.
The appellants also contend that Baechtle teaches away
from providing solder tails that are designed to impart a
"normal" force to the mother board since Baechtle desires to
apply a low force. This argument is not commensurate with the
scope of the claimed subject matter inasmuch as no particular
amount of force as been set forth. Moreover, the prior art
disclosed by Baechtle in column 2 teaches providing a "normal"
force (see line 57).
The appellants also contend that the references do not
address their problem of durability, insertion force, cross-
talk and signal reflections. We must point out, however, that
“[a]s long as some motivation or suggestion to combine the
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