Appeal No. 2003-0471 Page 3
Application No. 09/100,346
reinforce fastening of said housing to said base board by said fixing portion of
said at least one electrical terminal.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Anderson et al. (Anderson) 4,054,767 Oct. 18, 1977
Kikuchi et al. (Kikuchi) GB 2 197 548 A May 18, 1988
Claims 9, 10 and 13 to 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Kikuchi in view of Anderson.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant in the brief (Paper No. 23, filed May 4,
2001) and the reply brief (Paper No. 25, filed July 22, 2002) and the examiner in the
answer (Paper No. 24, mailed May 21, 2002). Upon evaluation of all the evidence
before us, it is our conclusion that the evidence adduced by the examiner is insufficient
to establish a prima facie case of obviousness with respect to the claims under appeal.
Accordingly, we will not sustain the examiner's rejection of claims 9, 10 and 13 to 21
under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Our reasoning for this determination follows.
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