Ex parte STANTON et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 98-3292                                                           
          Application 08/611,848                                                       


          Claims 5 and 16 have been canceled.                                          


          Appellants’ invention relates to a multiplanar functional                    
          keypad and to a selective call receiver assembly that includes               
          such a multiplanar functional keypad.  As can be seen in                     
          Figures 1-3 of the application, and as set forth in                          
          appellants’ “Abstract of the Disclosure,” the selective call                 
          receiver assembly (10) includes a front housing (14) having a                
          plurality of apertures (15, 16, 17) formed therein and a                     
          multiplanar functional keypad (20), wherein the keypad has “a                
          first set of keys (23) and a second set of keys (22) residing                
          on a first plane (30) and a third set of keys (21) residing on               
          a second plane (28), the first, second, and third set [sic] of               
          keys being integrally formed on one keypad” and at least a                   
          portion of the first and third sets of keys protruding through               
          the plurality of apertures (15, 16) of the front housing when                
          mounted within the front housing.  A copy of representative                  
          claims 1, 6, 12 and 18 can be found in the Appendix to                       
          appellants’ brief.                                                           




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