Appeal 2007-2450
Application 10/634,871
13. A system board comprising:
(a) a connector that includes:
(i) a first port situated at an exterior edge of the system board and
facing outward from said exterior edge, and
(ii) a second port, facing inward to an interior of the system board;
and
(b) a peripheral device operationally connected to said inward-facing
port.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the Examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims is:
Meng US 6,231,399 B1 May 15, 2001
Claims 3, 4, 8 through 10, 13, 16, and 18 through 22 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Meng.
We refer to the Examiner's Answer (mailed May 4, 2006) and to
Appellant's Brief (filed March 9, 2006) for the respective arguments.
SUMMARY OF DECISION
As a consequence of our review, we will reverse the obviousness
rejection of claim 4 and affirm the obviousness rejection of claims 3, 8
through 10, 13, 16, and 18 through 22.
OPINION
The Examiner asserts (Answer 3) that Meng's connector 10 with port
14 facing in the opposite direction to port 16 satisfies all of the limitations of
independent claim 13 except for the first port being at an exterior edge of the
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