Ex parte TAKEKAWA - Page 2




          Appeal No. 97-0802                                                          
          Application 08/414,112                                                      

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from                
          the final rejection of claims 1-7.                                          
               We reverse.                                                            
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The invention is directed to mobile telephone equipment                
          with a head-up display and including a transparent touch                    
          panel.                                                                      
               Claim 1 is reproduced below.                                           
                    1.  A mobile telephone equipment for use in an                    
               automobile having a front windshield, comprising:                      
                    an antenna for transmitting and receiving radio                   
               waves;                                                                 
                    a main unit having a transmitter, a receiver, and a               
               first controller, said transmitter and said receiver                   
               being connected to said antenna;                                       
                    a handset having a speaker, a microphone, and a                   
               second controller, said second controller being connected              
               to said speaker, said microphone, and said first                       
               controller;                                                            
                    a display unit having a head-up display for                       
               displaying communications information and telephone push               
               buttons in a superimposed relation to a front view                     
               outside of the front windshield; and                                   
                    a transparent touch panel formed on the front                     
               windshield in a pattern corresponding to the displayed                 
               telephone push buttons.                                                

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