Appeal No. 2005-1839
Application No. 09/471,101
1. A controllable power supply comprising:
a mounting having at least one distinguishable surface;
a first network socket located on said distinguishable
surface; wherein said first network socket is able to
receive a standard network cable connector and able to
receive a control signal transmitted on one wire of a
network cable also carrying network data communication
signals on one or more separate data wires;
a controlled power output socket;
control circuitry operatively connected with said first
network socket and said controlled power output socket
wherein power to said controlled power output socket
can be turned off in response to a signal received on a
control signal pin connection of said first network
socket; and
a power input connection for connecting to an external power
source.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Lord 5,198,806 Mar. 30, 1993
Cheng et al. (Cheng) 5,644,174 Jul. 1, 1997
Pulizzi et al. (Pulizzi) 5,923,103 Jul. 13, 1999
EEM96 catalog, pp. D2260-61, D2326-29, D2340-43 (Hearst Bus.
Publ’g, 1995).
Claims 1 through 3, 5 through 9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 21 through
31 and 33 through 37 stand provisionally rejected under the
judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting
as being unpatentable over claims 1 through 21 of copending
Application No. 09/309,321.
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