Appeal No. 1999-1055 Page 2
Application No. 08/571,342
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a mobile, multi-media workstation system for a
vehicle. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claim 1, which appears in the appendix to the appellant's Brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Kenue 4,970,653 Nov. 13, 1990
Secor 5,289,321 Feb. 22, 1994
Gazis et al. (Gazis) 5,610,821 Mar. 11, 1997
Claims 1-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Secor in view of Kenue and Gazis.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the Answer (Paper
No. 12) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the Brief
(Paper No. 11) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the
appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we make the determinations which follow.
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