Appeal No. 95-2631
Application 07/950,402
display means for simultaneously displaying only a portion
of less than the whole of all of said first and second category
parameters; and
computer means connected to said input means and said
display means for controlling said display means in response to
activation of said input means;
said apparatus being constructed so that any parameter in
said first category can be displayed on said display means by
activation of said dedicated function portion and any parameter
in said second category can be selected for display on said
display means by activation of said menu navigation portion.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner in
support of rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Morrison 3,906,482 Sept. 16, 1975
Kinoshita et al. (Kinoshita) 4,685,064 Aug. 4, 1987
Yoshiura et al. (Yoshiura) 2 63-294235 Nov. 30, 1988
(Japanese Patent)
The following new reference of record is relied upon by this
merits panel of the Board in support of a new ground of rejection
pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b):
Jindrick et al. (Jindrick) 4,419,619 Dec. 6, 1983
Claims 1-5, 8 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Kinoshita in view of Yoshiura.
Claims 6, 7 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Kinoshita in view of Yoshiura as set
2Our understanding of this Japanese language reference is
derived from a translation prepared in the Patent and Trademark
Office. A copy of the translation is attached to this opinion.
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