Appeal No. 95-1187
Application 08/024,495
this is equivalent to an error message. It would certainly alert
the user to the fact that a mistake has been made.
Bonneau does not anticipate the claimed invention
19. After considering the contested limitations, we do not
find a preponderance of evidence supporting a finding of
anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) in view of Bonneau.
Amano does not anticipate claim 8
Paragraphs 20 through 27 set forth our fact findings for
each contested limitation.
20. Applicant's arguments regarding Amano are substantially
the same as those for Bonneau so we will note only significant
differences.
"a lock key on a keyboard or remote control"
21. Amano's PPC (programmable pickup center) key (5:16-20)
anticipates Applicant's claimed lock key since the signal from
the PPC key is used as a trigger for the lockout operations.
(Compare 6:39-41 with Paper 1 at 8.) The fact that the PPC key
may be pressed many times to achieve many different functions
does not alter this finding. Nothing in the claim or the
specification limits the lock key to only one use. Rather, the
lock key is only defined in terms of a particular triggering
function at a particular time. The PPC meets that definition.
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