Appeal No. 1998-0073
Application 08/273,813
a sealant, placed continuously between the bottom
housing and the top housing when the top housing is closed
against the bottom housing, to seal the portable computer,
wherein the sealant is malleable and compresses when the top
housing is closed against the bottom housing.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Chang 4,839,837 June 13, 1989
Hsieh 4,926,365 May 15, 1990
Chadima, et al. (Chadima) 5,023,824 June 11, 1991
Katz 5,336,848 Aug. 9, 1994
(Filed Aug. 24, 1993)
Bird 5,341,154 Aug. 23, 1994
(Filed Dec. 27, 1991)
Claims 1 through 3, 5, 6, 11, 16, 24, and 25 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Hsieh and Chadima. Claims 7, 8, 12, and 17 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Hsieh,
Chadima, and Katz. Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Hsieh, Chadima, Katz, and
Chang. Claim 15 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Hsieh, Chadima, and Bird. Claim 4
stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Hsieh and Katz.
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