Appeal No. 2005-0340 2
Application No. 10/098,105
specification, it is indicated that a key aspect of the present invention is that the circuit
board will be operatively secured to the computer chassis wall “without the use of
screws or any sort of support tray secured to the circuit board.” Independent claims 16,
23, 32 and 41 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 relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims are:
Ho 5,593,219 Jan. 14, 1997
Sands et al. (Sands) 5,691,504 Nov. 25, 1997
Crowley 5,963,432 Oct. 5, 1999
Claims 16 through 18, 21, 23, 25, 26 and 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as anticipated by or in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Sands.
Claims 22, 30 and 31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Sands.
Claims 16 through 18, 21 through 23, 25, 26, 28, 30 through 34, 37 through 41,
43 and 45 through 47 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Sands in view of Ho.
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