Appeal No. 95-3991
Application 08/233,546
of assigned characters is meant a stepwise shifting of the
lines of characters within the array in any coordinate
direction thereof" [column 2, lines 19-21]. We view this
passage as teaching that the keyboard array does not change
locations, but only the key assignments are scrolled. Thus,
Thrower does not suggest the changing of the location of the
depiction of the keyboard configuration from one location to
another as recited in claim 34.
4. The rejection of claim 35.
The examiner basically relies on the arguments made
against claim 34 as supporting the rejection of claim 35
[answer, pages 14-15]. For purposes of our consideration, it
is sufficient to note that claim 35 recites a processing means
"capable of displaying any one of a plurality of selected
keyboard configurations in any one of a plurality of different
locations on different portions of the display." For reasons
discussed above with respect to the rejection of claims 33 and
34, this concept of changing the location of the keyboard on
the display is not suggested by any of the prior art
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