Appeal No. 2005-1839
Application No. 09/471,101
based upon the teachings of either Cheng or Pulizzi considered
alone. In sustaining a multiple reference rejection under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a), the Board may rely on one reference alone
without designating it as a new ground of rejection. In re Bush,
296 F.2d 491, 496, 131 USPQ 263, 266-67 (CCPA 1961); In re Boyer,
363 F.2d 455, 458 n.2, 150 USPQ 441, 444 n.2 (CCPA 1966). With
respect to claims 1 and 22, Pulizzi discloses a controllable
power supply that comprises a mounting having at least one
distinguishable surface in a stacked controller arrangement
(Figure 5), a first network socket (i.e., RS232 in/out
communications circuit 22) located on the distinguishable
surface. Appellant’s argument (brief, page 10) to the contrary
notwithstanding, Pulizzi describes the RS232 circuit as a
“network” connection (column 7, lines 60 through 65; column 9,
lines 9 through 14). As indicated infra, an RS232 socket is a
multi-pin socket (i.e., 25 pins) that is able to receive a
control signal transmitted on one wire of a network cable
attached to one or more of the 25 pins, and is also capable of
carrying network data communications signals on one or more data
wires attached to one of the other 25 pins. Pulizzi has a
plurality of controlled power output sockets 40 through 54, and
control circuitry (i.e., microcontroller 18, relay driver 24 and
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