Appeal No. 2000-1888
Application No. 08/885,984
establish a prima facie case of obviousness. Accordingly, the
rejection of claims 1, 2, 4-17, 23-25 and 27-31 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) over Lundgren and McAteer is sustained.
35 U.S.C. § 103 Rejection over Lundgren, McAteer and
Baumhauer
With respect to group B claims, Appellants argue that
although Baumhauer discloses a specific polar response pattern,
nothing in the reference teaches or suggests selection of a
pattern to compensate for internal noise (brief, pages 7 & 8).
Appellants further point out that varying the distance between
the sound ports of Baumhauer in combination with McAteer and
Lundgren does not teach the claimed limitation of “varying the
distance between a microphone element and the front and rear
surfaces of a shell of a portable computer” (brief, page 12).
Appellants add that the microphone element of Baumhauer is
centered with respect to the external end surfaces of the housing
because the microphone element is placed between identical
housing halves (brief, page 13).
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