Appeal No. 2004-0653
Application No. 09/872,053
having a printed circuit board (PCB) with no more than 40 data
contact pads and a male connector having no more than 40 data
pins arranged in two rows with a pin pitch of 2.54 mm.
Appellants note that when configured in this manner, the 2.5 inch
form factor disc drive has a connector that will mate with the
standard female ATA connector that was originally designed to
mate with the standard 3-in-1 male connector found on most 3.5
inch form factor disc drives. Thus, the present invention allows
a smaller 2.5 inch form factor disc drive, normally found in
portable computers, to be connected to the female connector for a
3.5 inch form factor disc drive now found in the majority of
desktop computers and servers in use today. Independent claims
1, 13 and 18 are representative of the subject matter on appeal
and a copy of those claims may be found in the Appendix to
appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Wu 5,211,459 May 18, 1993
Dague et al. (Dague) 5,865,651 Feb. 2, 1999
Baxter et al. (Baxter) 5,881,454 Mar. 16, 1999
Furay 6,313,984 Nov. 6, 2001
(filed Jan. 7, 2000)
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