Appeal No. 1997-4068
Application No. 08/296,219
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 3-8,
all the claims pending in the application.
The invention pertains to a hand-held data storage unit.
Claim 8, the only independent claim, is illustrative and reads
as follows:
8. A system for transferring data between
one or more computer systems, comprising in
combination:
a portable, hand-held, data storage unit,
including a microprocessor, a solid-state memory
means operatively coupled to said
microprocessor, a communications port
operatively connected to said microprocessor,
and means including said microprocessor for
generating graphical user interface control
signals;
a computer systems with a graphical user
interface application program responsive to said
graphical user interface control signals;
said computer system transmitting data to
said microprocessor via said communication port
in response to said graphical user interface
control signals;
said microprocessor storing said data in
said solid-state storage means; and
said microprocessor transmitting said data
stored in said memory to said computer system.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
McLaughlin et al. (McLaughlin) 3,941,989 Mar. 02,
1976
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