Appeal No. 2002-0531 Page 2
Application No. 09/108,687
is formed within the front of the housing. The connection section extends through the
chamber into a recess 23 in the wall. (Appeal Br. at 2-3.) Because air in the chamber
forms a dielectric around each connection section, the appellants assert that
"impedance between each signal contact and each ground contact is improved. . . ."
(Id. at 3.)
A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following
claim.
8. A connector with a high density of contacts comprising:
a housing;
a plurality of signal and ground contacts arranged in rows and
columns within the housing, each of the signal and ground contacts
having a first end, a second end and an intermediate section between the
first end and the second end; and
a detachable wall in a front portion of the housing having a grid of
entrance openings, each entrance opening leading to a connection
section at the first end of each signal and ground contact, wherein when
the detachable wall is in a hooked position a first air chamber is formed
within the front portion of the housing, the connection sections of the
signal and ground contacts extending through the first air chamber into a
corresponding recess in an inner side of the front wall at each entrance
opening, the first air chamber forming a first dielectric around each
connection section and wherein an impedance of each signal contact is
improved by the first dielectric.
Claims 2 and 4-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 2, as indefinite. The
same claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 1, as lacking a written description.
Claims 2 and 4-9 also stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over U.S.
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