Appeal No. 2006-1026
Application No. 09/682,279
of their speed and ease of use. The examiner notes that Kim was
cited because it teaches that a USB interface was used to replace
the type of interface taught by Tseng [answer, page 6-7].
We will sustain the examiner’s rejection of claim 5. Tseng
teaches an illuminating device to be connected to an electronic
device such as a laptop computer (Figure 4). The illuminating
device is plugged into the laptop computer by use of a plug 3
fastened to an electronic socket 4 of the computer. Tseng
discloses that this electronic socket is the type used by the
keyboard or interface card of the computer [column 2, lines
61-63], and the illuminating device receives its power from the
computer. Kim teaches that power can be supplied to a computer
peripheral device by use of a USB adapter. Kim teaches that a
light pen, a mouse, a keyboard, a monitor and a computer can all
be interconnected by using USB hubs and USB cables. Thus, we
agree with the examiner that Kim teaches that the same types of
devices that are powered and plugged into the interface port of
Tseng can also be powered and plugged into the USB port of a
computer. Therefore, the claimed invention recites nothing more
than the replacement of the interface port of Tseng with the
comparable USB port taught by Kim. The artisan would have been
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