Appeal No. 98-2124 Page 19
Application No. 08/454,898
13 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 based on the combined teachings of
Yohn, Piorunneck and Baechtle.
Turning to the rejection of claims 4, 5, 10, 15, 21 and 22
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the combined
teachings of Yohn, Piorunneck and Baechtle, we find nothing in
the combined teachings of these references which would fairly
suggest a tapered beam portion (claim 4) or a sheet of
conductive material (claims 5 and 10). With respect to claims
15, 21 and 22, the examiner apparently intends to totally
reconstruct the connector of Yohn to provide, in addition to a
back plane or mother board, (1) a daughter card and (2) a
mechanism to mount Yohn's connector on an edge of the daughter
card. There is simply nothing in the combined teachings of
Yohn, Piorunneck and Baechtle which would fairly suggest such a
wholesale modification of Yohn. Accordingly, we will not
sustain the rejection under 35 U.S.C. 103 of claims 4, 5, 10,
15, 21 and 22 based on the combined teachings of Yohn,
Piorunneck and Baechtle.
In summary:
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