Appeal No. 1998-3403
Application No. 08/336,342
(Paper No. 25).
Appellants’ Invention
The invention comprises a computer docking station 10 having
connection means for coupling to an external monitor 15 and an
external keyboard 14, means for connecting the portable computer
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to the docking station, and at least one PCMCIA option card slot
(Fig. 4) in the docking station. A controller in the docking
station provides a hardware interface between the PCMCIA card slot
and the portable computer and software means for providing the
necessary driver support.
Opinion
After consideration of the positions and arguments presented
by both the examiner and the appellants, we have concluded that
the rejection should be sustained. The examiner has answered all
of the arguments made by appellants and we agree in general with
his comments; we add the following discussion for emphasis.
Appellants’ argument that neither Kikinis nor Swindler teaches
or suggests the use of a PCMCIA controller, though correct, is not
controlling because Amini is relied upon for a teaching of the use
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