Appeal No. 1997-1578
Application No. 08/212,292
to generate and store the digital message in said message
memory;
manually activated controls associated with said housing
for selecting said characters of said digital message on a
one-by-one basis for storage in said message memory by said
message store circuit;
a battery for powering said alphanumeric display, message
memory, and message store circuit; and
a cable attaching said battery to said housing for
powering said message memory, said message store circuit, said
driver, and said display.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Young 3,521,049 Jul. 21,
1970
Sebestyen 3,976,995 Aug.
24, 1976
Piguet 4,385,291 May 24,
1983
A. F. Newell et al. (Newell), “An alphanumeric display as a
communication aid for the dumb,” Medical and Biological
Engineering, pp. 84-88 (January 1975).
Claims 12-19 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Newell in view of Young, Piguet,
and Sebestyen.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Brief and Answer for the
respective details.
OPINION
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