Appeal 2007-0631
Application 10/379,652
DISCUSSION
Anticipation:
Claims 1-16 and 18-24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Hristake.
Claim 1:
Claim 1 is drawn to a device. The device comprises one continuous
member having a first end and a second end disposed longitudinally from
said first end. According to claim 1, the device is for the insertion and
removal of a circuit board into a mating connector that is positioned within a
housing. In this regard, the first end pivotally engages a circuit board and is
adapted to mate with a front surface of the housing when the circuit board
begins to engage a connector. The second end is adapted with a latch having
a slot for releasably mating with a protrusion on a circuit board such that
when the circuit board is engaged with a connector the second end becomes
releasably mated to a protrusion thereby latching the board to the connector.
The Examiner finds that Hristake teaches a device that comprises a
first end and a second end (Answer 3). In addition, the Examiner finds that
since Hristake’s first and second ends are connected to the device, they are
part of one continuous member (Answer 4). For clarity, we direct attention
to Hristake’s figure 5.
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