Appeal Number: 2006-1996
Application Number: 10/459,679
The claimed subject matter is directed to a drawer for a desk. The drawer is
sized so that a laptop computer and an auxiliary keyboard can be placed therein. In
the rear of the drawer are electrical and data connections for the laptop computer.
Claim 1, reproduced below, is further illustrative of the claimed subject
matter.
1. An article of furniture, comprising:
a furniture housing; and
a drawer slidably mounted within said furniture housing, said drawer having
a front portion and a rear portion and defining a storage area dimensioned to
support at least a laptop computer and an auxiliary computer keyboard; and
said drawer rear portion including a power and data module, said power and
data module having an AC power outlet and at least one of a phone and a data
outlet.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
anticipation and obviousness are:
Randolph 5,437,235 Aug. 1, 1995
Lin 5,704,698 Jan. 6, 1998
D’Souza 6,626,686 Sep. 30, 2003
Claims 1, 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as anticipated by
Randolph.
Claims 1-3 and 6-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as anticipated by
D’Souza.
Claims 9 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over
Randolph.
Claims 4 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over
D’Souza over Lin.
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