Appeal No. 2002-1987
Application No. 08/880,032
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to a ported speaker enclosure
of a portable computer formed between the upper surface and the
lower surface of the speaker enclosure.
Representative independent claim 36 is reproduced as
follows:
36. A modular ported speaker enclosure for a portable
computer system, the modular ported speaker enclosure comprising:
a speaker enclosure top independent of a plurality of
portable computer surfaces of the portable computer system;
a speaker enclosure base independent of the plurality
of portable computer surfaces and having a plurality of
ports formed therein the speaker enclosure base; and
a plurality of loudspeakers housed between the speaker
enclosure top and the speaker enclosure base.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
Examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Hickman 5,610,992 Mar. 11, 1997
Freadman 5,818,942 Oct. 6, 1998
(filed Nov. 2, 1994)
Claims 34-39, 41 and 42 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by Freadman.
Claim 40 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Freadman and Hickman.
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