Appeal No. 1997-3821
Application No. 08/570,256
The examiner relies on the following sole reference:
Morgan 4,980,850 Dec. 25,
1990
All of the appealed claims, i.e., claims 1-5, 8-13, 15,
16, 18-20, and 22-24, stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 for
obviousness over Morgan.
Claims 15, 16, and 18-20 also stand rejected under the
written description requirement of the first paragraph of §
112.
D. The § 112 Rejection of Claims 15, 16, and 18-20
The § 112 rejection was initially applied to all of the
appealed claims in the final office action (paper No. 30) but
was withdrawn with respect to all but claims 15, 16, and 18-20
as a result of the amendment (paper no. 31) filed August 28,
1996.
Independent claim 15 recites, inter alia, "determining
when power is supplied to said controller chip and said other
components of the expansion circuit board" and "generating a
control signal in response to said determining step." The
examiner contends that
the specification does not disclose the steps of
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