Appeal No. 2006-1554 Page 7
Application No. 10/369,819
not render obvious the method of claim 1. In particular, the teachings of Miyai do
not cure the deficiencies of Hrehor, viz, locating a push button on a normally
hidden bottom surface portion such that to replace a side panel member, the user
positions the computer to expose the normally hidden bottom surface portion and
pushes a push button on the normally hidden bottom surface portion. We find that
Miyai discloses a portable cassette player (shown in Figure 12) that includes a pair
of push buttons (69) on its front panel (53) and on its back panel (54). Miyai, col.
7, lines 52-53 and 60-62. To remove each facing member (51) from the cabinet
(52), the push buttons (69) are depressed to release a hook (65) from a claw (70).
Miyai, col. 8, lines 11-13. We find no teaching or suggestion in Miyai to locate a
push button on the normally hidden bottom surface portion of the cassette player.
As such, we hold that a person of ordinary skill in the art, possessed with the
understandings and knowledge reflected in the prior art, and motivated by the
general problem facing the inventor, viz, of finding a method for replacing panels
on a computer that does not lend itself to inadvertent or mischievous removal,
would not have been led to the method of claim 1. Because claims 4-6 depend
from claim 1, we hold that these claims are also not obvious in view of Hrehor in
view of Miyai. Accordingly, we do not sustain the rejection of claims 4-6 under
35 U.S.C. § 103.
NEW GROUND OF REJECTION
Under our authority provided in 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b), we enter a new
ground of rejection of claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
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