Appeal 2006-2366
Application 09/756,831
an increase in the vertical dimension of closable lid 36 (col. 4, ll. 40-49;
col. 7, ll. 21-35). The lid covering the entire widened keyboard base houses
display 14 which is shown to cover most of the widened keyboard.
Although speakers 72 are placed in the lid (col. 7, ll. 18-20), they do not
cover the entire widened area in the lid that corresponds to the widened
keyboard, allowing display 14 to have “a width substantially equal to a
width of said widened keyboard base,” as recited in claim 1.
We agree with the Examiner’s rationale (Answer 5) for modifying
Trane to the extent that creating an extended I/O display area in the widened
display would have been obvious to the ordinary skilled artisan. The
widened display area not only accommodates speakers 72, but also allows
for additional display such as a widened I/O display area.
With respect to claim 7, Trane does suggest using the appropriate
software specific to the I/O device to handle the operation and setting of
such device (col. 9, ll. 49-61). Therefore, we also agree with the Examiner
(Answer 31) that one of ordinary skill in the art would have found it obvious
to display the operational data of the I/O device in the keyboard base on any
part of the display including the widened display area.
1 The page number corresponds to those starting in the “Response to
Argument” section of the Answer.
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