Appeal No. 97-1564
Application 08/017,794
after said triggering event, said video monitor ceasing
generating said monitor identification information on said at
least one monitor identification line and said video adapter and
said video monitor generating said communications link along said
at least one monitor identification line.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Dewa 5,113,497 May 12, 1992
Abbiate et al (Abbiate) 0,463,269 Jan. 2, 1992
(European Patent Application)
”Monitor Identification Range Extension”, IBM Technical
Disclosure Bulletin, Vol. 33, No. 6A, p. 351, (November 1990)
(hereinafter IBM).
Claims 10 through 15 and 21 through 30 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over IBM, Dewa and Abbiate.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the
Examiner, reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective details thereof.
OPINION
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 10 through 15
and 21 through 30 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
The Examiner has failed to set forth a prima facie case.
It is the burden of the Examiner to establish why one having
ordinary skill in the art would have been led to the claimed
invention by the express teachings or suggestions found in the
prior art, or by implications contained in such teachings or
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