Appeal No. 2002-1987
Application No. 08/880,032
and power supply and be capable of functioning and maintaining
its computing capabilities while being transportable, such as a
laptop computer.
Appellants further argue that the description of the
computer monitor or keyboard embodiments of Freadman offer no
teaching to suggest that the speaker enclosure is independent of
the surfaces of the conventional computer monitor or the keyboard
(brief, pages 6-8). The Examiner relies on Figure 2 of Freadman
to show that the speaker enclosure, while being formed in the
keyboard shell, is independent of the keyboard surfaces as it can
be mounted on other parts such as the monitor (answer, page 4).
We agree with Appellants since the claimed top and base
independent of a plurality of surfaces of the portable computer
are not explicitly shown or disclosed in Freadman. The Examiner
merely refers to Figure 2 to show independent top and base of the
modular speaker enclosure whereas the dashed lines depicted as
extending along the edges merely indicate the boundaries of each
compartment without establishing whether surfaces independent of
the computer surfaces define the top and the base of the
enclosures. A rejection for anticipation under section 102
requires that the four corners of a single prior art document
describe every element of the claimed invention, either expressly
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