Appeal No. 1998-0073
Application 08/273,813
Appellant’s claim 3, in addition to the “clam shell case”
and a “battery pack in the bottom housing,” recites “at least
one multiple-mounting handle attached to the bottom housing.”
After a review of the specification, particularly page 4,
lines 5 through 9, page 9, lines 20 through line 2 of page 10,
and page 11, lines 10 through 13, we fail to find a clear
definition for a “multiple-mounting” handle other than what it
reasonably means to one of ordinary skill in the art. The
specification only suggests that the handle may be attached to
different sides of the bottom portion. Appellant also points
to Figs. 1 and 5 for the handle configuration as in claim 3
which is depicted merely as a handle attached at its two ends
to the bottom housing. We therefore find that Appellant’s
claim 3 only requires a handle attached at both ends to
different locations of the bottom housing of a portable
computer.
Hsieh, in addition to a clam shell portable computer with
a battery pack in the bottom housing, clearly teaches in col.
3, lines 31 through 34 and in Figs. 2 and 7 the handle 5
mounted at its both ends on the front side of the bottom
housing. Chadima
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