Appeal No. 2004-0975
Application No. 09/793,595
Representative claim 11 is reproduced below:
11. A method of slaving a first computer to a portable computer,
comprising the steps of:
a. providing an element for performing a step of receiving keyboard
input from said portable computer over a wireless communications link;
b. providing an element for performing a step of receiving mouse
input from said portable computer over said wireless communications link;
and
c. providing an element for performing a step of sending less than all
of display output from said first computer over said wireless
communications link to said portable computer.
The following references are on by the examiner:
Jacobs et al. (Jacobs) 5,815,127 Sep. 29, 1998
(filing date June 24, 1996)
Cortopassi et al. (Cortopassi) 6,137,473 Oct. 24, 2000
(filing date Oct. 16, 1995)
Lavelle et al. (Lavelle) 6,362,851 Mar. 26, 2002
(filing date June 7, 1996)
All claims on appeal stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As
evidence of obviousness as to claims 11, 19 and 22-24, the examiner relies
upon Cortopassi in view of Jacobs, with the addition of Lavelle as to claim
25.
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