Ex parte BLISH - Page 18




          Appeal No. 96-1904                                                          
          Application 08/164,854                                                      



          characters for each of the modes in which the keyboard may be               
          operated.  One mode selection key affords a choice between                  
          upper                                                                       




          case and lower case modes for alphabetic characters, and the                
          other can select the edit/PF (programmable function) mode or                
          special/numeric character mode.  As seen in Figure 1, a single              
          key performs alphabetic and numeric functions.                              


                    The Leipzig reference teaches a keyboard with 13                  
          keys, as shown in the sole figure, wherein a single key                     
          performs alphabetic and numeric functions.  Three tables                    
          reveal how each of nine keys incorporates a large number of                 
          purposes and functions.                                                     










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