Appeal No. 2001-0004
Application No. 08/961,580
mobile computing device are formed on the same surface of
the mobile computing device.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and
it reads as follows:
1. A docking station, comprising:
a docking station body having a replicated port
formed in at least a first wall thereof;
a receiving port electrically coupled to said
replicated port, wherein said receiving port is capable
of interfacing to a docking port on a mobile computing
device having a housing and a keyboard on a first
surface of the housing, wherein said docking port on
said mobile computing device is formed on same said
first surface of said housing as said keyboard; and
means coupled between said docking station body and
said receiving port the [sic, that] permits movement of
said receiving port relative to said replicated port.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Ma 5,290,178 Mar. 1, 1994
Leman et al. (Leman) 5,436,792 Jul. 25, 1995
Ditzik 5,668,570 Sep. 16, 1997
Claims 1 through 3 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Leman in view of Ma.
Claims 4 through 6 and 8 through 15 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Leman in
view of Ma and Ditzik.
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