Appeal No. 1998-3403
Application No. 08/336,342
a portable computer;
a docking station having connection means for
coupling to an external monitor and an external keyboard;
means for connecting said portable computer to said
docking station;
at least one PCMCIA card slot in said docking
station; and
a controller in the docking station to provide the
necessary hardware interface between the PCMCIA card slot
and the portable computer.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Swindler et al. (Swindler) 5,313,596 May 17,
1994
(filed Jan. 05, 1993)
Amini et al. (Amini) 5,396,602 Mar. 07,
1995
(filed May 28, 1993)
Kikinis et al. (Kikinis) 5,522,089 May 28,
1996
(effective filing date May 07,
1993)
Claims 2-5, 7-13, 17 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Kikinis in view of Swindler and
Amini.
The respective positions of the examiner and the appellant
with regard to the propriety of these rejections are set forth in
the examiners answer (Paper No. 26) and the appellants’ brief
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