Ex parte RICHARD et al. - Page 9




          Appeal No. 95-4151                                                          
          Application 08/158,342                                                      


          interspecies communication in which a virtual reality could                 
          translate body images and experiences between humans and                    
          dolphins.  However, we note that Wright is only speculating on              
          future possible research.  Furthermore, Wright does not teach               
          or suggest electronics coupled to a virtual display for                     
          producing a manually controllable virtual cursor image and a                
          virtual control panel image including alpha-numeric keys which              
          are operable with the virtual cursor image to operate the                   
          portable electronics equipment as recited in Appellants'                    
          claims.                                                                     
               We note that Nielsen discusses hypermedia and multimedia               
          hypertext.  Further, we note that Krakower teaches a                        
          conventional laptop computer having a display screen and a                  
          keyboard in which a cursor is used to allow the user to select              
          computer functions.                                                         
          Finally, we note that Wells teaches a head mounted display and              
          Spooner teaches a visual display apparatus for ground based                 
          craft-flight simulators.  However, we fail to find that any of              
          these references cited by the Examiner teach or suggest elec-               
          tronics coupled to a virtual display for producing a manually               


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