Appeal No. 1999-0260
Application 08/571,064
Appellants' argument that PCMCIA Standards are inviolate,
and one skilled in the art would not modify them, is not cogent.
Standards are regularly updated and replaced by new standards
which typically include improvements and upgrades over the prior
standards. In fact, Appellants' own claimed invention is
directed to the modification of a self-admitted Standard.
Therefore, we find that it would have been obvious to one of
ordinary skill in the art to combine the teachings of Price with
the prior art disclosed by Appellants and provide PC card signal
transmission stoppage with power supply stoppage when power
supply abnormalities are detected.
Therefore, the decision of the Examiner rejecting claims 10-
12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is affirmed.
Accordingly, the decision of the Examiner rejecting claims
1-9 and 13-18 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed, and the decision
of the examiner rejecting claims 10-12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is
affirmed.
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