Appeal No. 2004-0984
Application No. 09/501,970 Page 2
BACKGROUND
Appellant’s invention relates to an acoustic headset having
groups of buttons disposed in depressions in an arched outer side
of an auditory cup (specification, page 1, line 1 and page 2,
lines 23-27). An understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of claim 6, which is reproduced as follows:
6. A hearing protection in the form of an acoustic headset
comprising:
a first and a second ear cup interconnected by a stirrup or
headband, said first and second ear cup each have an inner
surface for contacting the ear of a wearer and an outer surface;
one loudspeaker in each one of the ear cups,
one microphone for receiving ambient sound,
one radio unit, and
one electronic control unit actuable by a button set for
transmitting sound to the ear cups from the microphone and the
radio unit by the intermediary of the loudspeakers, the buttons
of the button set being arranged in groups wherein the buttons
within each group are functionally connected to one another and
each group is located in a separate recess or depression on the
outer surface of the first cup.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Wieder 4,620,068 Oct. 28, 1986
Lansang 5,794,127 Aug. 11, 1998
Sayler et al. 5,923,317 Jul. 13, 1999
(Sayler)
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