Appeal No. 95-1187
Application 08/024,495
7. The examiner relied on the following references:
Bonneau et al. (Bonneau) 4,510,623 9 Apr. 1985
Amano et al. (Amano) 4,620,229 28 Oct. 1986
8. Claim 8 was rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 in view of
Bonneau, under section 102 in view of Amano, under section 103 in
view of Bonneau, and under section 103 in view of Amano.
(Paper 13 at 3.)
9. Applicant has not presented any evidence in support of
secondary considerations.
Bonneau does not anticipate claim 8
Paragraphs 10 through 18 set forth our fact findings for
each contested limitation.
"a lock key on a keyboard or remote control"
10. Applicant's disclosure offers scant information about
the lock key. (Paper 1 at 7-8.) Although the lock key must be
on the keyboard or the remote control, it need not be any
particular key. It could be any alphanumeric or a function key
that has no other role during the system power standby mode.
Neither the disclosure nor claim 8 bar the lock key from acting
in conjunction with other keys.
11. Bonneau teaches a four-digit security code Dħ DDħDħEħ ,ħ
where Dħ is a digit key and Eħ is the enter key. (5:53-6:28.)
Bonneau also teaches that more or fewer digits may be used or
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