Appeal No. 2006-1026
Application No. 09/682,279
card of the computer. The examiner finds that a USB connector is
one example of a modern interface card. The examiner cites Kim
as teaching that a USB card can be connected to a light source.
The examiner finds that it would have been obvious to the artisan
to use a USB connector in Tseng as taught by Kim [answer, pages
5-6].
Appellant argues that the examiner has not provided any
evidence from within the references in support of their
combination. Specifically, appellant argues that Tseng does not
disclose or suggest a USB connector for coupling a flexible cable
to a light source in order to supply power to the light source,
and Kim is not aimed at seeking alternative ways to provide power
to a lamp assembly attached to an electronic device via use of a
standard USB connector and cable. Appellant asserts that there
is no correlation between the devices of Tseng and Kim, and the
two references have no common problems to be addressed [brief,
pages 6-8].
The examiner responds that the artisan would have been
motivated to replace the interface card port of Tseng with the
USB port of Kim because at the time of the filing of this
application, USB ports had replaced interface card ports because
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