Appeal No. 96-1904
Application 08/164,854
See Vas-Cath Inc. v. Mahurkar, 935 F.2d 1555, 1562-63, 19
USPQ2d 1111, 1116 (Fed. Cir. 1991) and In re Kaslow, 707 F.2d
1366, 1375, 217 USPQ 1089, 1096 (Fed. Cir. 1983).
Appellant’s specification (page 2) indicates that an
embodiment of the invention
has palm and wrist restraints so that left
and right keyboards can be used without
resting the keyboard on a flat surface
(lines 7 and 8).
At page 6 of the specification, a right hand rest 70 and a
left hand rest 74 are described. The spacing between the
upper and lower halves 72, 73 of the rests may be adjusted
to hold the wrist and palm of the user
snugly so that right hand keyboard need not
rest on a hard surface (lines 14 and 15).
Page 6 further explains that
[r]ight hand and left hand keyboards with
hand rests as described may be used with
the operator’s hands and keyboards in her
pocket (lines 18 and 19).
Initially, we note that it is clear to us that the
reference to a “hard” or “flat” surface in the specification
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