INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT International application No. PCT/US99/26919 Box I Observations where certain claims were found unsearchable (Continuation of item 1 of first sheet) This international report has not been established in respect of certain claims under Article 17 (2) (a) for the following reasons : 1.)-) Claims Nos.: because they relate to subject matter not required to be searched by this Authority, namely: 2. 2 ClaimsNos.: because they relate to parts of the international application that do not comply with the prescribed requirements to such an extent that no meaningful international search can be carried out, specifically: 3. Claims Nos.: because they are dependent claims and are not drafted in accordance with the second and third sentences of Rule 6.4 (a). Box II Observations where unity of invention is lacking (Continuation of item 2 of first sheet) This International Searching Authority found multiple inventions in this international application, as follows: Please See Extra Sheet. 1. n As all required additional search fees were timely paid by the applicant, this international search report covers all searchable claims. 2. As all searchable claims could be searched without effort justifying an additional fee, this Authority did not invite payment of any additional fee. 3. As only some of the required additional search fees were timely paid by the applicant, this international search report covers only those claims for which fees were paid, specifically claims Nos.: 4. No required additional search fees were timely paid by the applicant. Consequently, this international search report is restricted to the invention first mentioned in the claims; it is covered by claims Nos.: Remark on Protest The additional search fees were accompanied by the applicant's protest. No No protest accompanied the payment of additional search fees. INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT International application No. PCT/US99/26919 BOX 11. OBSERVATIONS WHERE UNITY OF INVENTION WAS LACKING This ISA found multiple inventions as follows : Group I, claim (s) 1-23, drawn to a method, apparatus for aligning interconnections. Group II, claim (s) 24 AND 25, drawn to a system for transferring data. The inventions listed as Groups I and II do not relate to a single inventive concept under PCT Rule 13.1 because, under PCT Rule 13. 2, they lack the same or corresponding special technical features for the following reasons: Group I has the distinct invention of having at least one clamp and Group 11 has the distinct invention of having a plurality of data transfer lines.