Appeal No. 96-2189
Application 07/969,731
portion of the panel different from the physical placement of
the second switch means as a group in another portion of the
panel.
Matsko is silent as to having the first switch means
being a first identifiable color and a second switch means
being a second different identifying color. However, as
pointed out above, Matsko does teach that the first switch
means and the second switch means are to be distinguishable to
the operator by Matsko’s physical placement of the first and
second switch means on the panel.
Another well known way of distinguishing a first group of
operator control switches from a second group of operator
control switches is the use of a different color to mark each
group of switches. One only has to look to a television and
VCR remote to find the use of color to distinguish a group of
control switches used for one function from another group of
control switches used for another function. Other examples of
use of color to distinguish different groups of control
switches are found in home security system control panels,
calculators and lap top computer keyboards. Thus, the use of
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