Appeal No. 2005-1839
Application No. 09/471,101
sequencer 200 (Figures 2A and 3; column 4, lines 56 through 60)
that has network sockets 202, 204, 206, 208 and 210 and
controlled power supply outlets 130 and 140 on surfaces of the AC
sequencer cabinet housing 200. The control circuitry within the
cabinet housing includes control circuitry 250 and relays RLY1
and RLY2 for turning power on/off to the controlled power supply
outlets 130 and 140 in response to control signals on cable 155
to control input socket 204 (Figure 3). As indicated supra, the
data signals are not carried on the control signal cable. Thus,
the obviousness rejection of claims 13 and 22 is sustained based
upon the teachings of Cheng.
Turning lastly to Lord, a pair of network sockets 65 and 100
are located on a side of a housing (Figure 2), and at least one
controlled power output socket 15 is located on another side of
the housing. The network socket 100 is a 25 pin RS-232-C socket
that has separate pins for control signals and data signals
(column 7, lines 9 through 22). Appellant’s argument (brief,
pages 4 through 8; reply brief, pages 4 through 8) that Lord does
not disclose a network socket/cable is without merit in view of
the disclosure of two computers 25 and 30 controlling each other
over the telephone network (Figure 1), and Lord’s disclosure of
the term “network” (column 2, lines 59 through 66). The control
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