Ex Parte AGATSTEIN et al - Page 4



          Appeal No. 1999-1994                                                        
          Application 08/795,817                                                      

          and 49 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable           
          over Werther in view of Hwang.                                              
               Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants or the                  
          Examiner, we make reference to the Briefs  and the Answer for the1                                  
          respective details thereof.                                                 
                                       OPINION                                        
               With full consideration being given the subject matter on              
          appeal, the Examiner’s rejections and the arguments of Appellants           
          and Examiner, for the reasons stated infra, we reverse the                  
          Examiner’s rejections of claims 33, 36, 37, 40, 42, 45, 48 and              
          50-55 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) and the Examiner’s rejections of             
          claims 34-35, 38-39, 41, 43-44, 46-47 and 49 under 35 U.S.C.                
          § 103.                                                                      
               We first will address the rejection of claims 33, 36, 37,              
          40, 42, 45, 48 and 50-55 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being                     
          anticipated by Werther.  The Examiner states that Werther                   
          discloses a voltage regulator module (element 1(d) in claim 1 and           
          claim 3) having a receptacle assembly (element 1(c) in claim 1)             










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