Appeal No. 96-3288
Application 08/309,544
Appellant has appealed to the Board from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1 and 3 to 16, which constitute all
the claims remaining in the application.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A finger-mounted computer interface device for use
with a touch-screen type of monitor, comprising:
a stylus; and
ring means for mounting said stylus on a finger of a
person such that said stylus is positioned above the finger in
a manner that does not interfere with a typing operation of
the finger on a keyboard, said stylus being connected with
said ring means so as to permit engagement of said stylus with
a touch-screen type of monitor of a computer when said
mounting finger is moved toward said monitor screen;
wherein said ring means has a center longitudinal axis
and said stylus has a center longitudinal axis which is spaced
from and substantially parallel to the center longitudinal
axis of said ring means.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Narayanan 3,835,453 Sep.
10, 1974
Garwin et al. (Garwin) 4,845,684 Jul. 04,
1989
Levine 4,954,817 Sep. 04,
1990
Gilchrist 5,144,594 Sep.
01, 1992
All claims on appeal stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon
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