Appeal No. 94-1490
Application 08/135,833
Canon article's UNDO key function in the manner of an "End" key
when the cursor is at a position other than the last character
position and, when operated again, to delete the displayed last
character and move the cursor back one position. As a result, we
will not sustain the rejection of any of the appealed claims over
the Canon article.
Turning now to the second ground of rejection, Figure 4
of Kobayashi, the principal reference, shows a communication
console 40 including a display device 42 and a keyboard portion
47, which does not include an Undo key. As evidence of the
obviousness of providing Kobayashi's console with an Undo key,
the examiner alternatively relies on the Undo keys disclosed in
Kaufman (col. 6, line 63 to col. 7, line 2), Hahn (col. 11, lines
1-14), and DeAguiar (col. 23, lines 3-31 and col. 27, lines 60-
63). However, as none of the Undo keys disclosed in these
references perform the claimed functions, the examiner again
argues that it would have been obvious to use the Undo key to
perform the functions of a known End, Delete, and Space Bar keys.
This rejection accordingly fails for the same reason as the
rejection based on the Canon article, i.e., the absence of any
apparent motivation to combine the teachings in a manner that
satisfies the requirements of the claim.
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