Appeal No. 2001-1534
Application No. 08/997,713
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A peripheral device bay comprising:
a frame sized to extend around a plurality of peripheral
devices and including a plurality of adapter plate mounting
features; and
an adapter plate removably attached to the frame, the
adapter plate including a plurality of peripheral device mounting
features located on the adapter plate and allowing a plurality of
peripheral devices to be disposed thereon.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Hobbs et al. (Hobbs) 5,684,671 Nov. 4, 1997
Claims 1-29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
being anticipated by the disclosure of Hobbs.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the
examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for the
respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejection advanced by the examiner and the evidence
of anticipation relied upon by the examiner as support for the
rejection. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into
consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellants’
arguments set forth in the briefs along with the examiner’s
rationale in support of the rejection and arguments in rebuttal
set forth in the examiner’s answer.
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