Appeal No. 95-4151
Application 08/158,342
image are operable with the virtual cursor image and
the electronics are further connected to operate the
portable electronics equipment in response to
operation of the alpha-numeric keys of the virtual
control panel image with the virtual cursor image.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Spooner et al. (Spooner) 4,340,878 Jul. 20,
1982
Wells 5,003,300 Mar. 26,
1991
Krakower WO 92/11623 Jul. 09,
1992
(World Patent)
Jeff Wright, "Altered States", Computer Graphics World, issued
Dec., 1989, pages 77, 78, 81-83.
Jakob Nielsen, "HyperText and Hypermedia", published 1990 by
Academic Press, Inc., pages 5-8, 87-93, 120-121.
Claims 1 through 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, for failing to particularly point out and
distinctly claim the subject matter which Appellants regard as
their invention. Claims 1 through 14 and 16 through 21 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Wright, Nielsen, Krakower and Wells. Claim 15 stands rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Wright,
Nielsen, Krakower and Wells further in view of Spooner.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the
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