Appeal No. 95-1428
Application 08/031,036
Reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
and we will reverse the obviousness rejection of claims 1, 4, 6,
7, 9 and 12.
In Figure 5-1 of Field, a set of selectable characters is
displayed on the left edge of the display screen, and a set of
selectable colors is displayed on the bottom edge of the display
screen. The sets of characters and colors are in the form of
icons, and each of the characters and colors is selected for
display on the screen via a mouse. The examiner recognizes that
"Field does not teach mounting the color and character pattern
selecting means on a key pad" (Answer, page 3).
Figures 1 and 2 of Oka disclose a touch panel display for an
automated teller machine (ATM). Oka states that "[f]or a recycle
type ATM (Automated Teller Machine), etc. in a banking system, a
method for inputting necessary information by means of a keyboard
is adopted and keys on the keyboard are changed more and more
fromm [sic, from] conventional push button type keys to keys by
means of a touch panel" (column 1, lines 16 through 21).
Although Field is not directed to a touch panel display, we agree
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