Appeal No. 1997-1109
Application No. 08/250,223
allow for the enclosure to stand alone and operate without a
side unit, which would ˇoptimally allow for a plurality of
such units to stand side by side.˘ We agree with the examiner
because as computers decrease in size, the space needed for
them correspondingly decreases in size. As a matter of
interest, we note that Colson already discloses (column 7,
lines 8-15; Figure 12) an electronic control circuit board 119
(i.e., a controller) contained within the enclosure.
Based upon the foregoing, the obviousness rejection of
claim 22 is sustained.
Appellant argues (Brief, page 4) that Colson does not
disclose the input means including a touch sensitive screen on
the controller as in claim 23. We agree. The examiner’s
contentions to the contrary notwithstanding, the keyboard in
Colson is not a touch sensitive screen (Answer, page 7). For
this reason, the obviousness rejection of claim 23 is
reversed.
The obviousness rejection of claim 24 is sustained,
however, because Colson does have a keyboard in communication
with the controller (column 4, lines 39-52).
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