Appeal No. 2002-2304
Application No. 09/419,157 Page 2
BACKGROUND
Appellants' invention relates to suppressing electromagnetic
radiation in and around printed circuit boards (page 1).
Specifically, the device includes a printed circuit board, and at
least two electrical connectors proximate to the printed circuit
board, with the at least two electrical connectors spaced to
attenuate at least one prespecified frequency electromagnetic
energy waveform (page 3). An understanding of the invention can
be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is
reproduced as follows:
1. A device comprising:
a printed circuit board; and
at least two electrical connectors proximate to said printed
circuit board, said at least two electrical connectors spaced to
attenuate at least one prespecified frequency electromagnetic
energy waveform.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Zhu 5,703,760 Dec. 30, 1997
Schuchmann et al. 5,729,183 Mar. 17, 1998
(Schuchmann)
Oberstarr 5,975,920 Nov. 2, 1999
(filed May 16, 1996)
Swamy et al. 5,987,553 Nov. 16, 1999
(Swamy) (filed Sep. 22, 1997)
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