Appeal No.2002-1516
Application No. 09/052,744
Appellants’ invention relates to a wireless universal serial bus link for a computer
system. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. A computer system comprising:
a computer including at least an upstream USB port;
a peripheral hub device including at least a USB host port;
a first transceiver coupled to the upstream USB port of said
computer; and
a second transceiver coupled to the USB host port of said
peripheral hub device, said first and second transceivers cooperate to
form a wireless USB bus link between said computer and said peripheral
hub device.
The prior art of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims is as follows:
Burnett et al. (Burnett) 5,870,080 Feb. 9, 1999
Claims 1-4, 6-11, 14, 17, 18, 23, and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Burnett.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 22, mailed Jun. 5, 2001) for the examiner's reasoning in support of
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