The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte SHIGERU YUZAWA and SATOSHI KARUBE ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0260 Application No. 08/571,064 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FLEMING, GROSS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-18, all of the claims pending in the present application. The invention relates generally to an electrical overload protection mechanism for a computer which employs PC cards as potential peripheral devices (specification, page 28, lines 14- 21). In particular, the present invention protects the computer and the PC cards from damage induced by the PC card peripheral 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007