Appeal No. 96-3561
Application No. 08/045,241
character memory region.” In claim 14, the first and second
memory regions are recited as storing character information
and external characters, respectively, with the second memory
region also storing graphic data. The rest of claim 14,
relating to the key means and the control means, does not
clearly tie in the memorization of graphic data relating to
the specific function selected by the key means, as does claim
11. Moreover, appellants never argued any portion of claim 14
other than to say that Hayden does not disclose the
combination of first and second memory means.
We also will not sustain the rejection of claims 12 and
13 under 35 U.S.C. 103 because these claims depend from claim
11 and Shirai does not provide for the deficiencies of Hayden
in this regard. Moreover, we find no suggestion of each
graphic data being paired with a corresponding character code
memorized in the character code memory region, as required by
claim 12.
We also will not sustain the rejection of claims 17 and
18 since independent claim 17 also goes to the display of a
“composite image” on the display screen, in addition to
reciting the character code memory region and the external
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