Appeal No. 1998-0073
Application 08/273,813
stabilizing tray from the portable computer. Appellant
further states that Katz uses VELCRO to attach the computer to
the tray where claim 4 requires stabilizing strips on the
exterior surface of the bottom housing.
The Examiner on page 6 of the answer responds to
Appellant’s arguments by stating that it would have been
obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to add the
stabilizing strips to the bottom of Hsieh’s computer. The
Examiner further argues that stabilizing strips are known
means to prevent slippage and Katz teaches adding such means
to the bottom of a portable computer.
Claim 4 in addition to the “clam shell case” and an
"exterior surface on which the portable computer rests,"
merely requires “stabilizing strips located on said exterior
surface.” We find that Katz teaches the addition of means to
prevent slippage to the bottom of the portable computer. Katz
discloses in col. 3, lines 22 through 27 and in col. 4, lines
53 through 55 that VELCRO strips may be affixed to the
computer and the tray to hold it in place. We find that Katz
is concerned with stabilizing a portable computer while it is
being used and
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