Appeal No. 1998-3127
Application No. 08/703,418
buttons which are depressed to select a particular station. A
plurality of flat panel display screens, each of which forms a
portion of the front surface of separate ones of the switch
buttons, are controlled to display indicia which identifies
the user selected station on depression of a particular switch
button.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
1. In a radio having a plurality of station selector
switches each having a button which may be depressed to select
a particular station and having means for enabling a user of
the radio to condition each button for selection of a
particular station that is chosen by the user, the improvement
comprising a plurality of flat panel display screens for
generating visible images, each of said screens forming at
least a portion of the front surface of a separate one of said
buttons, and control means for causing each of said screens to
display indicia which identifies the user chosen station that
is selected by depression of the particular button.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Goldmacher et al. (Goldmacher) 3,499,702 Mar. 10,
1970
Murao et al. (Murao) 3,922,067 Nov. 25,
1975
Nishimura et al. (Nishimura) 4,295,224 Oct.
13,
1981
Leeder et al. (Leeder) GB2019628 Oct. 31,
1979
(Published UK Pat. Application)
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