Appeal No. 2000-0538
Application 08/762,131
application, but the Examiner has not made a final rejection of
claim 27. Therefore, claims 33 through 49 are properly before us
for our consideration.
The invention relates to a detachable battery pack to a
portable computer. The battery pack extends along and is
attached to a rear edge of the portable computer and rotates
around a rotation axis. The battery pack is connected to the
system body of the portable computer in a manner that it is
pivotally supported on the rearmost portion of the system body by
means of a hinge mechanism.
Independent claims 33 and 48 present in the application are
reproduced as follows:
33. A portable computer comprising:
an electric connection provided at the rear side of the
portable computer; and
a battery pack attached to a rear edge of the system body of
the portable computer to extend along the rear edge for rotation
of said system body about the axis of the battery pack,
wherein said battery pack can assume a first position where
said rear side of the portable computer, provided with an
electric connection, is covered with the battery pack and a
second position where the rear side of the portable computer is
exposed without being covered with the battery pack, and
the battery pack is designed so that it can be attached to
and detached from the system body.
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