Appeal No. 1999-1994
Application 08/795,817
v. American Hoist & Derrick Co., 730 F.2d 1452, 1458, 221 USPQ
481, 485 (Fed. Cir. 1984).
Upon review, we find that the Examiner has not shown that
Werther includes a socket connector having an opening that
receives the receptacle assembly of a voltage regulator module as
recited in claims 33, 42, 50 and 53. The Examiner has elected
the socket connector of Werther to be element 112 in Figure 11.
See Examiner’s Answer, Page 4, lines 10-13. The socket connector
112 described in column 4, lines 48-52 and claim 2 of Werther
does not include an opening that receives the elected receptacle
assembly (118; element (c) in claim 1 as disclosed on page 4,
line 9 of the Examiner’s Answer). Rather, column 12, lines 49-58
of Werther discloses that the socket connector 112 has through-
hole mounting area for receiving pins from a carrier 116. Thus,
Werther does not disclose that the socket connector includes an
opening that receives the receptacle assembly.
Additionally with regards to claims 33 and 42, the claims
also include the limitation, “a socket connector . . . having
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