Appeal No. 2002-2304
Application No. 09/419,157 Page 8
by Zhu are not ‘electrical connectors spaced to attenuate’ as
recited by Claim 1.”
From our review of Zhu, we find that Zhu is directed to a
flexible layout mother board having reduced lateral and vertical
profiles for the memory modules seated therein (col. 1, lines 28-
39). As shown in Figure 1, circuit card connector slots 10A-10C
are mounted on the mother board. Circuit cards 12A and 12B are
respectively seated in connector slots 10A and 10B (col. 2, lines
22-27). Figures 2A and 2B show a vertical embodiment of the
memory modules. Figures 3A and 3B show a vertical embodiment of
the seated memory modules (col. 3, lines 39-43 and col. 4, lines
15-20). Zhu additionally discloses that the industry standard
for center-to-center spacing between memory modules is about
0.455 inches (col. 3, lines 65-67). Thus, from the disclosure of
Zhu, we find no reference to attenuation of electromagnetic
radiation. Turning to University Physics, we find (page 774)
that the term interference refers to the situation in which two
or more waves overlap in space. The principle of linear
superposition (id.) states that when two or more waves overlap,
the resultant displacement at any point and at any instant may be
found by adding the instantaneous displacements that would be
produced at the point by the individual waves if each were
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