Appeal No. 1999-1994
Application 08/795,817
118 of the detachable voltage regulator module are part of the
carrier 116. Thus, Werther does not disclose a socket connector
having a plurality of pins that allow the connector to interface
with the receptacle assembly as recited in claims 33 and 42.
As such, we cannot sustain the rejection of claims 33, 42,
50, and 53 Werther under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e). In addition since
the rejection of independent claims 33, 42, 50 and 53 cannot be
sustained, the rejection of dependent claims 36, 37, 40, 45, 48,
51-52 and 54-55 also cannot be upheld.
We next turn to the rejection of claims 34-35, 38-39, 41,
43-44, 46-47, and 49 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Werther in combination with Dalton, Allman, Cota or Hwang.
Each of these claims still includes the limitation of a socket
connector having an opening that receives the receptacle assembly
of the voltage regulator module or the socket connector having an
opening and a plurality of pins. The Examiner has not relied on
the Dalton, Allman, Cota or Hwang to teach the limitation of the
socket connector having an opening that receives the receptacle
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