Appeal No. 95-3158
Application 08/038,424
is unreasonably broad. Haskins discloses a desk or wall mounted
telephone. Moreover, to the extent that Haskins' telephone is an
input device, it provides input to a telephone network or
exchange, not a computer or anything which provides a
controllable cursor through the input.
In our view, Haskins is also not reasonably pertinent to the
particular problem with which the appellants were involved. It
should be noted that the problem with which the appellants were
involved concerns the position of the cable extending from the
housing of the device. A plurality of user selectable positions
are provided so that the user may place the cable in a position
most suitable for him or her and minimize the resulting
interference with user manipulation of the hand-held device.
See the appellants' specification at pages 3-4. The examiner has
not pointed to anything which indicates or otherwise explained
why a desk or wall mounted telephone suffers or experiences a
problem in which the position of the line cord connection would
interfere with one's usage of the telephone. It is true that
Haskins' Figure 1 shows a telephone with two line cord grooves
(one for desk mounting and one for wall mounting), but they are
intended for accommodating different length line cords (column 1,
lines 15-23). The appellants' problem concerns reorienting the
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