Ex parte GAULTIER et al. - Page 10




          Appeal No. 1996-3362                                                        
          Application No. 08/258,601                                                  


               Turning to Levine, we fail to find that Levine provides                
          any teaching or suggestion to use a pressure sensitive switch               
          22e to select between the cursor modes.  In particular, Levine              
          teaches away from using a pressure-sensitive switch 22e                     
          instead teaches the use of a key on the keyboard as we have                 
          previously shown above.  Faulkerson, on the other hand, does                
          not teach using a pressure-sensitive switch to select between               
          either modes.  Faulkerson certainly does not suggest modifying              
          Levine's use of a keyboard switch for selecting between the                 
          modes of the cursor to the use of a pressure-sensitive switch               
          such as 22e to provide the selection of the cursor modes.                   
          Therefore, we fail to find that the prior art suggests                      
          desirability of the modification as suggested by the Examiner.              














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