Appeal No. 2002-0540 Page 2
Application No. 09/589,434
A compact flash memory can be coupled to a PC via an expansion slot of the
PC. Using such slot, assert the appellants, however, "reduces the overall versatility of
the PC." (Id. at 2.)
In contrast, the appellants explain that their invention expands "non-volatile
memory for an industrial PC without the need for consuming a valuable planar
expansion slot." (Appeal Br. at 8.) An understanding of the invention can be achieved
by reading the following claim.
18. A PC comprising:
backplane means for distributing signals in said PC to expansion
cards; and,
means for receiving a compact flash expansion card, coupled to
said backplane means.
Claims 1, 18-19, and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated
by U.S. Patent No. 5,694,291 ("Feightner"). Claims 2-15, 17, and 20 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over Feightner and U.S. Patent No. 3,755,771
("Brush").
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