Appeal 2006-2970
Application 09/224,340
rails that extend between the front and rear module rails 3" (col. 4, ll. 13-15)
and expressly teaches a plurality of guide rails as recited by claim 19, but
does not expressly state that the guide rails are at the top and bottom of each
slot. Harris expressly discloses top and bottom tracks 52 for each slot
(col. 3, ll. 53-67), where the tracks are guide rails. One of ordinary skill in
the art would have been motivated to use top and bottom guide rails for the
guide rails in Mazura given the teachings of Harris that this was known in
the electronic cabinet art and as a matter of common sense because a pair of
guide rails facilitates alignment of the module with the connectors as it is
being inserted. Mounting of the guide rails centrally with respect to the slot,
as recited in claim 20, is not argued, but, in any case, is considered to be a
matter of routine design placement; i.e., the location of the rail in the center
of a slot produces no new and unexpected results. The rejection of claims 19
and 20 is sustained.
Claims 6, 7, and 9-11 -- Mazura and Martin
Group X - claim 6
The Examiner finds that Mazura does not teach a module with two
circuit boards (Rejection 5). The Examiner finds that Martin teaches a
module with two circuit boards and concludes that it would have been
obvious to modify the cabinet and to provide two circuit boards on the
module in Mazura to reduce the electrical connections between two boards
and the backplane connector of the cabinet (Rejection 5-6).
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