Appeal No. 2001-0110
Application 08/866,395
In re Lee, 277 F.3d 1338, 1344, 61 USPQ2d 1430, 1434 (Fed. Cir.
2002). With these principles in mind, we commence review of the
pertinent evidence and arguments of Appellants and Examiner.
We find that the Examiner has failed to present a prima
facie case of obviousness. In particular, the Examiner has not
provided us any objective evidence as to how one of ordinary
skill in the art would have modified the Dixon internal shield
26. In column 6, lines 32 through 39, Dixon teaches that the
housing 22 is constructed to receive a generally annular
conductive internal shield 26 which is dimensioned to
substantially surround the pin reserving contact portion of
terminals 24 and provide appropriate EMI shielding at the
interface between the terminal 24 of the miniature DIN connector
20 and the corresponding pin terminals of a mateable DIN plug.
In column 6, lines 39 through 42, Dixon teaches that the annular
internal shield 26 is provided with a ground contact 28 which
permits the internal shield 26 to be grounded to a circuit board
on which the subject DIN connector 20 is mountable.
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