Ex parte BLISH - Page 2




          Appeal No. 96-1904                                                          
          Application 08/164,854                                                      



                    This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims              
          1 and 3 through 22.  These claims constitute all of the claims              
          remaining in the application.                                               


                    Appellant’s invention pertains to a computer                      
          keyboard. An understanding of the invention can be derived                  
          from a reading of exemplary claims 1, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, and                
          22, copies of   which appear in the appendix to appellant’s                 
          revised brief (Paper No. 13).                                               


                    As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied              
          the documents listed below:                                                 
          Hagelstein et al.            3,093,911            Jun. 18,                  
          1963                                                                        
          (Hagelstein)                                                                
          McCall                   4,378,553                Mar. 29, 1983             
          Lahr                     4,661,005                Apr. 28, 1987             
          Rader                    5,122,786                Jun. 16, 1992             
          Louis                    5,212,473                May  18, 1993             
          Goldstein                WO 92/00851                   Jan. 23,             
          1992                                                                        
          (Published PCT Application)                                                 
          Grosel                   65,573                   Feb. 20, 1969             



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