Ex parte GERRITSEN et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No.  97-1273                                                         
          Application No. 08/269,818                                                  


          controls to discrete manipulatory control signals, for                      
          combining the discrete manipulatory control signals with voice              
          input signals to form command signals and for transferring the              
          command signals to the multimedia data processing device for                
          selecting, annotating and processing transiently displayed                  
          images in said memory storage.                                              



          The examiner relies on the following reference:                             
          Glick et al. (Glick)         5,283,819          Feb. 1, 1994                
          Claims 2-5 and 8-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                        
          103.  As evidence of obviousness the examiner offers Glick                  
          taken alone.          Rather than repeat the arguments of                   
          appellants or the examiner, we make reference to the brief and              
          the answer for the respective details thereof.                              
          OPINION                                                                     
          We have carefully considered the subject matter on                          
          appeal, the rejection advanced by the examiner and the                      
          evidence of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support              
          for the rejection.  We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into              
          consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellants’                    
          arguments set forth in the brief along with the examiner’s                  
          rationale in support of the rejection and arguments in                      
          rebuttal set forth in the examiner’s answer.                                
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