Appeal No. 1996-4065
Application No. 08/234,115
Regarding the limitation of determining
whether the activated key is a plural function key,
Enomoto is suggestive of this feature (in addition
to the other references). See Figure 4, item 104,
where the activated key is checked and set to the
proper response command. Further, Lee teaches that
at least one control command is assigned to a given
key, thereby implying that some keys may have a
single command function transmitted in response to
their respective activation in addition to some keys
causing the transmission of two, or more, commands
when depressed. (Answer-pages 9 and 10.)
Reviewing the Examiner’s citations supra, we see no
“determining if the actuated key is a plural function key” as
claimed. Figure 4, item 104, of Enomoto “sets the key data to
the proper response command”, column 7, line 14. And, the
“implication” in Lee that some keys have a single command and
some keys have two or more commands, does not teach the
“determining” step.
Therefore, as to the rejection of claims 5 through 8
using the Lee and Enomoto combination, we find they lack the
required limitations of claim 5, and we will not sustain this
rejection.
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