Appeal No. 2003-0440
Application No. 09/430,162
1. A split computer comprising:
a first enclosure;
a second enclosure;
a processor and an external network first interface
communicating together and housed within the first enclosure;
an input and/or output device controller, a video
controller, and an external network second interface
communicating together and housed within the second enclosure;
an external network which connects the external network
first interface in the first enclosure and the external network
second interface in the second enclosure; and
wherein the external network first interface transmits
standard bus data including video data.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Crump et al. (Crump) 5,764,479 Jun. 09, 1998
Hong 5,764,924 Jun. 09, 1998
Vicard et al. (Vicard) 6,003,105 Dec. 14, 1999
(filed Nov. 03, 1997)
Booth 6,065,073 May 16, 2000
(filed Aug. 17, 1998)
Claims 1 through 4, 6, 7, 10 through 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, and
29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Vicard in view of Hong.
Claims 5 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Vicard in view of Hong and "well-known in
the art."
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