Appeal No. 96-1918
Application 08/196,931
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the final rejection of claims 1-10.
We affirm.
BACKGROUND
The disclosed invention is directed to an input device,
such as a mouse, having an upright handle to accommodate the
finger of a human hand curled about it.
Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. An input device, comprising:
a base unit movable in an x direction and a y
direction;
a position detection mechanism for detecting movement
of said base unit in said x direction and said y
direction; and
a handle attached to the top of said base unit, said
handle having sufficient length and width to
accommodate at least three fingers of a human hand
curled about it when the wrist of said human hand is
positioned perpendicularly to said base unit.
The examiner cites the following prior art as relied
upon in the rejections of the claims:
Vanderheiden et al. (Vanderheiden) 3,854,131 December
10, 1974
Loffelholz 4,234,202 November 18,
1980
King et al. (King) 4,759,431 July 26,
1988
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