Appeal No. 96-1904
Application 08/164,854
Akin to the subject matter of claim 1, claim 22
addresses a segmented computer keyboard that “may be operated
without resting the keyboard on a surface.”
As was the case with our determination relative to
claims 1 and 3 through 7, supra, we conclude that the content
of claim 22 is not taught and would not have been suggested by
the applied teachings. The evidence relied upon simply does
not suggest a segmented computer keyboard that may be operated
without resting the keyboard on a surface.
The rejection of claims 10, 13, 16, and 19
We affirm this rejection of appellant’s claims under
35 U.S.C. § 103.
These dependent claims set forth the additional
feature of the generation of a tone to alert an operator when
any keys other than certain specified keys are operated.
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