Appeal 2007-0919
Application 10/179,555
The Examiner rejects claims 4 and 5 as follows:
Claims 4 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over the combination of Vanderheiden and Furuhata.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Furuhata 5,943,043 Aug. 24, 1999
Vanderheiden 6,049,328 Apr. 11, 2000
Independent claim 4 is illustrative and representative of the
Appellant’s invention. It reads as follows:
4. A method for providing audible feedback to enable a visually
impaired person to operate a multi-function machine, comprising:
(a) selecting either operating the multi-function machine in a
first
mode or operating the multi-function machine in a second mode, the
first mode having an audible feedback function disabled, the second
mode having the audible feed function enabled;
(b) providing a plurality of touchable elements to enable
selection of a plurality of selection menu options associated with
features of the multi-function machine;
(c) engaging one of the plurality of touchable elements to cause
the engaged touchable element to be activated;
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