Appeal No. 1998-0073
Application 08/273,813
Chadima teaches in col. 13, lines 54 through 64 and Fig.
17 that the gasket 100 seals the top and the bottom housing
portions 41 and 42 and is permanently held in place with the
fasteners 101. Chadima further shows the display 14 and the
keyboard 12 on the exterior surface of the top housing.
Therefore, we find that Chadima teaches a portable computer
with top and bottom housings where the display and the
keyboard are on the outside surface of the top housing and are
accessible without opening the top and the bottom housings
once they are permanently sealed in closed position.
In view of these teachings, we find that Chadima is
concerned with permanently sealing a portable computer and
forming a sealed unit with the display and the keyboard on the
exterior of the top housing which is not opened during its
operation. Chadima is not addressing the problem of sealing a
computer housing with two parts which open and close against
one another as taught by Hsieh. Therefore, we fail to find
any suggestion or desirability of placing Chadima’s sealant in
between Hsieh’s top and bottom housings of a clam shell
computer. Accordingly, we reverse the rejection of claims 1,
5 through 9, 11, 12, 15 through 17, 24, and 25.
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