Appeal No. 95-3998
Application 07/914,904
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1 through 20, all of the claims present in the
application.
The invention relates to a portable, wireless, optical
scanner configured to be held in the palm of one hand with the
thumb or fingers of that hand operating the keys of a keyboard
on the front face of the scanner housing.
The independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A portable bar code scanner apparatus comprising:
a housing configured to be held in the palm of one
hand with a front face of the housing facing
upwardly from the palm and with an upper end of the
housing facing outwardly;
a keyboard and a display mounted on the front face
of the housing, the keyboard being oriented with its
upper end nearest the upper end of the housing and
having a full numeric set of keys that are
individually engageable by the thumb or fingers of
the hand holding the housing; and
means disposed within the housing for scanning a bar
code positioned adjacent to the upper end of the
housing.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Tierney et al. (Tierney) 4,766,299 Aug.
23, 1988
Wakatsuki et al. (Wakatsuki) 5,023,438 Jun.
11, 1991
Metlitsky et al. (Metlitsky) 5,191,197 Mar.
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