Appeal No. 95-4151
Application 08/158,342
suggests on page 81 the use of a virtual display with
telephone and hyper media means and suggests the use of a
control means. The Examiner notes however that Wright does
not give a full description of his display and control means.
The Examiner cites Nielsen for the teaching of a cursor that
controls a control panel, Wells for the teaching of a head-
mounted unit and Krakower for the teaching of the
interchangeability of a mouse, trackball and a touch screen.
Appellants argue in the brief and the reply brief that
neither of these references teaches or suggests a portable
apparatus incorporating a virtual display with a virtual
control panel image including alpha-numeric keys and a virtual
cursor image as recited in Appellants' claims. Appellants
further argue
that Wright is simply surmising about the possibilities of
virtual reality throughout the article and does not actually
teach or suggest to one skilled in the art controlling a
virtual control panel image with a virtual cursor image.
Upon reviewing Wright, we note that the subtitle of the
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