Appeal No. 2006-0027 7
Application No. 10/287,889
rotating arm 40 as applying any sort of retention force to a card or printed circuit board
55, let alone an increasing level of retention force as the size of the card increases or a
varying level of retention force based on the size of the card. As indicated above, once
Wong’s tool 10 is used to insert a printed circuit card into card cage 50, spring 49 biases
the rotating arm 40 to a vertical position away from, and out of contact with, the printed
circuit board.
Thus, the examiner’s determination that Wong discloses a retainer or retaining
means of the sort recited in independent claims 1, 11, 17, 44, 51 and 57 is not well
founded. Accordingly, we shall not sustain the standing 35 U.S.C. 102(b) rejection of
independent claims 1, 11, 17, 44, 51 and 57, and dependent claims 3, 4, 6-10, 13-16,
18, 20, 21, 23, 45, 46, 48-50, 53-56 and 58-61, as being anticipated by Wong.
II. The 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) rejection of claims 1-4, 6-11, 13-15, 17, 18 and 20-22 as
being anticipated by Jensen
Jensen discloses a mechanism for inserting and extracting a printed circuit board
assembly (PCBA) relative to a slot in the chassis of an electronic system. The
mechanism includes a face plate 110 secured to an edge of a PCBA 100, a handle 130
pivotally mounted on the face plate, upper and lower jaws 120 and 115 operatively
linked to the handle for pivotal movement into and out of locking engagement with rails
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