Appeal No. 97-1638
Application 08/371,446
a plurality of IC cards arranged in function block units, each function block unit performing a
separate function, said plurality of IC cards having a width of about 54mm, a depth of about 56mm and
a thickness between about 3mm and about 16mm; and
a mother board including a plurality of first connectors disposed in rows for detachably
mounting said plurality of IC cards, a plurality of second connectors for connecting the keyboard and
the display section, and a bus section for electrically connecting each of said plurality of IC cards, the
keyboard, and the display section to each other, said electronic circuit portion being disposed within the
main body in such a way that each IC card is externally mountable.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of obviousness are:
Ogawa 4,722,065 Jan. 26, 1988
Mitchell et al. (Mitchell) 4,924,355 May 08, 1990
Lunsford et al. (Lunsford) 5,036,481 July 30, 1991
Le et al. (Le) 5,038,308 Aug. 06, 1991
Aldous et al. (Aldous) 5,183,404 Feb. 02, 1993
Hsu 5,426,564 June 20, 1995
(effective filing date Sep 30, 1991)
Stewart et al. (Stewart) 5,440,448 Aug. 08, 1995
(effective filing date Jun 22, 1992)
Yeh 5,497,464 Mar . 05, 1996
(effective filing date Nov 01, 1991)
Kawamura 0 201 628 Nov. 20, 1986
(European Patent Application)
Claims 2, 6, 9 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Mitchell, Lunsford, Le or Ogawa in view of Stewart, Hsu or Aldous.
Claims 3, 7, 11 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Mitchell, Lunsford, Le or Ogawa in view of Stewart, Hsu or Aldous and Kawamura.
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