Appeal No. 2006-0542 Page 3
Application No. 10/054,083
a lever mechanism movably coupled to the connector and having
an engaging surface positioned on the lever mechanism to apply a lever
force on the card during insertion of the card in the slot of the connector,
wherein the engaging surface is adapted to contact a contact
surface on the card.
Claims 1, 3-11, and 13-19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious
over U.S. Patent No. 5,603,625 ("Tondreault") and U.S. Patent No. 5,470,240
("Suzuki").
II. OPINION
Our opinion addresses the claims in the following order:
· claims 1, 3-11, and 13
· claims 14-19.
A. CLAIMS 1, 3-11, AND 13
"When multiple claims subject to the same ground of rejection are argued as a
group by appellant, the Board may select a single claim from the group of claims that
are argued together to decide the appeal with respect to the group of claims as to the
ground of rejection on the basis of the selected claim alone. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this paragraph, the failure of appellant to separately argue claims which
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