Appeal No. 96-3624
Application No. 08/293,104
positional indicia of desired ones of said switches, and for
displaying on said display membrane functional indicia of the
function of desired ones of said switches.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Koike et al. (Koike) 4,336,530 Jun. 22,
1982
Hunter et al. (Hunter) 4,823,311 Apr. 18,
1989
Mosley (Polaroid), “Flexible LCD is lighter and thinner than
glass,” EDN, Vol. 30, Issue 24 (Oct. 1985) p. 93.
Claims 36 through 39 and 44 stand provisionally rejected
under obviousness-type double patenting as unpatentable over
claims 78 through 83 and 88 through 99 of Serial No.
07/853,356.2
Claims 36 through 39 and 44 stand further rejected under
35 U.S.C. 103 as unpatentable over Koike in view of Hunter and
Polaroid.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
2The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
reversed a decision by this Board affirming the examiner’s
rejection of claims 78 through 99 in Application Serial No.
07/853,356. In re Lueders, 111 F.3d 1569, 42 USPQ2d 1481
(Fed. Cir. 1997).
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