Appeal No. 2006-0542 Page 8 Application No. 10/054,083 For our part, we find that the first lever 39(1) is actuated to apply a rotational force to the card (21) during insertion of the card in the slot of the connector 31. To wit, "the first lever 39(1) is inwardly pushed manually or otherwise to rotate the card board 21 as indicated by a counterclockwise arrow I." (Id. at ll. 15-17.) By that rotational force, "the card board 21 is brought into mechanical contact with the card edge connector 31," (id. at ll. 20-21), and "the card board 21 is put in place." (Id. at l. 24.) Therefore, we affirm the rejection of claims 1 and 11 and of claims 3-10 and 13, which fall therewith. B. CLAIMS 14-19 The appellants argue claims 14-19, which are subject to the same ground of rejection, as a group. (Appeal Br. at 10-11.) We select claim 14 the sole claim on which to decide the appeal of the group. The examiner finds, "Tondreault discloses an assembly comprising . . . a first case attached to a first end of the connector, the first case having first and second opposing planar surfaces defining a channel therebetween (for example, see elements 12, 20, Figs 1-5, see columns 1-4), and having a hole formed in each planar surface (for example, see holes that elements 28 are engaged with, best shown at Fig 1). . . ." (Examiner's Answer at 8.) The appellants argue, "upon reference to thePage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007