Appeal 2006-2970
Application 09/224,340
Groups VIII and IX - claims 19 and 20
The Examiner finds that Mazura does not disclose that the top and
bottom panels have a plurality of guide rails for guiding the PCB modules
(Rejection 5). The Examiner finds that Harris shows guide rails 52 centrally
mounted to the top and bottom panels and concludes that it would have been
obvious to use guide rails in Mazura to guide the PCB module (Rejection 5).
Appellant argues that the module rails 3 in Mazura connect the side
walls and, so, cannot be centrally mounted with respect to the slot (Br. 13).
It is argued that Harris discloses upper and lower tracks 52 snap fit into the
upper and lower chassis (Br. 13). It is argued that there is no motivation to
combine Harris and Mazura and that, regardless, the combination does not
teach or suggest "guide rails for guiding said PCB modules into said slots in
said chassis," as recited in claim 19, or "each slot in said chassis has one
guide rail mounted on said top panel and one guide rail mounted on said
bottom panel, wherein said guide rails are centrally mounted with respect to
each slot," as recited in claim 20 (Br. 13-14; Br. 23).
The Examiner responds that Mazura has top and bottom panels having
guide rails 3 for guiding the PCB module into the component carrier, which
the Examiner states is a new ground of rejection (Answer 10).
We do not understand the Examiner's statement in the Examiner's
Answer about rails 3 in Mazura being guide rails. The rails 3 in Mazura
have a perforated strip 27 with centering holes 25 for accepting centering
pins 22, but this does not clearly meet the claim language about "rails."
However, Mazura discloses that "[e]ach circuit board 7 is guided in guide
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