Appeal No. 2001-1427
Application No. 09/107,795
Each of claims 4, 10 and 13, by dint of their dependence on independent claims
1, 8 and 12, respectively, requires the adaptor to be electrically connected to the power
connector interface such that the peripheral device card receives electrical power from
the electronic device “independent of said peripheral device interface” or “independent
of said PCMCIA interface.”
In Stein, if the peripheral device interface is connector 205 in Figure 10, either
device card 131 is connected to this peripheral interface and is supplied power from an
external source 250 (in Figure 10) or the card is connected to the peripheral interface
via an internal power supply 290 (Figure 12). While Figure 10 may show an
embodiment wherein power is supplied independent of the peripheral interface 205,
there is no power connector interface to provide electrical power from the electrical
device independent of the peripheral device interface because AC/DC adaptor 250 is
not being supplied “from the electrical device.” Where Figure 12 shows an
embodiment where power is supplied “from the electrical device” (viz., from supply
290), this power is supplied to the peripheral device interface 205 so that power is not
supplied independent of the interface. One figure discloses certain claimed elements
and another figure discloses other claimed elements but there is no suggestion within
Stein for combining Figures 10 and 12 in any manner so as to result in the instant
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