Appeal No. 2003-0553 Page 7
Application No. 09/137,285
"[E]ach peripheral might typically have an interfacing board commonly referred to
as a 'card' which is mounted in a receptacle commonly referred to as a 'slot'." Id. at
ll. 53-56. The "computer . . . might typically have in its interior a number of such slots
so that various peripherals can be conveniently added to the system. For such
systems, the ACM 26 is preferably formed on a card which can be inserted directly into
a vacant slot, permitting very convenient connection to the system I/O channel." Id. at
ll. 56-62.
We are uncertain on which components of the reference that examiner reads the
claimed first connector, second connector, first device, and second device. The
examiner appears to read both the first connector and the second connector on the
same column of Arato, without referring to specific components mentioned therein.
(Examiner's Answer at 3.) Similarly, he appears to read both the first device and the
second device on the same lines and column of the reference, without referring to
specific components mentioned therein. (Id.) We will not "resort to speculation," In re
Warner, 379 F.2d 1011, 1017, 154 USPQ 173, 178 (CCPA 1967), as to the examiner's
position. Therefore, we reverse the rejection of claims 1-8.
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