Appeal No. 95-4206
Application No. 07/803,465
Figure 2 thereof and louvres 65 in Figure 3), we find that it
would have been obvious to artisans to have provided for
apertures in various sections of the housing including front
and rear portions.
With regard to the shielding of electromagnetic waves,
Sarraf clearly teaches the desire to provide such shielding
(see column 3, lines 30-32 and column 5, lines 39-41). While
appellants contend that column 5 of Sarraf provides for
shielding by element 20 which is not part of the cover, it is
clear to us, from column 3 of Sarraf, that Sarraf intended for
an alternative embodiment wherein a shield is provided in the
interior of the enclosure cover. Thus, since the cover 30,
10, shown in Figure 1 of Sarraf is, or may be, an
electromagnetic shield and the figure teaches apertures in the
rear portion of the cover, and the provision of apertures in
the front portion would have been obvious in view of Dodson,
the combination of Sarraf and Dodson would appear to make the
subject matter of claim 1 obvious, within the meaning of 35
U.S.C. 103.
We understand that the instant invention provides for the
cooling effect of the apertures and for electromagnetic
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