Appeal No. 2000-0464
Application No. 09/023,198
into the printed circuit board. Claim 1 is illustrative of
the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
1. A connector comprising:
a connector housing;
a terminal provided on a bottom face of said connector
housing and connected to a printed circuit board;
a guide rib protruding from said bottom face of said
connector housing;
a hollow groove portion formed around a base portion of
said guide rib on said bottom face of said connector housing;
and
a screw hole, for fixing said connector housing to said
printed circuit board, provided on said bottom face of said
connector housing;
wherein the position of said connector housing with
respect to said printed circuit board is determined by said
guide rib.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Glomb et al. (Glomb) 4,710,132 Dec. 01,
1987
Appellant's admitted prior art shown in Figures 4-6 and
described in the specification on page 1, line 14-page 2, line
(AAPA)
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