Appeal No. 2006-1604 Page 3
Application No. 09/903,201
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. For a peripheral that during normal operation, connects to a host
computer through a cable containing a controller, a demonstration system
comprising:
• a controller of a type employed in the cable that connects the
peripheral to the host computer during normal operation; and
• a memory that is external to the peripheral, contains demonstration
data, and is coupled to the controller to enable the controller to read
the demonstration data from the memory for the peripheral to perform
a demonstration without being connected to the host computer.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Wett 5,872,945 Feb. 16, 1999
Farago 6,747,752 June 8, 2004 (filed Nov. 6, 1998)
Lin 6,753,903 June 22, 2004 (filed Sep. 9, 1999)
The following rejections are on appeal before us:
1. Claims 1-6 and 10-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over the teachings of Lin in view of Farago.
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