Ex parte BARKER - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1998-0665                                                        
          Application 08/303,128                                                      


                    a coupling mechanism for providing said microphone                
          signal, said command notification signal, said data                         
          notification signal, and said cursor signal to said processing              
          system; and wherein                                                         
                    said processing system comprises:                                 
                    said display screen, and                                          
                    microphone interpretation mechanism which, in                     
          response to said command and data notification signals,                     
          determines when said microphone signal represents command and               
          when it represents data.                                                    
                    The Examiner relies on the following references:                  
          Redford             5,339,095                Aug. 16, 1994                  
                                        (filed Dec. 5, 1991)                          
          White               5,386,494                Jan. 31, 1995                  
          (effectively filed Dec. 6, 1991)                                            
          “IBM Independence Series VoiceType User’s Guide,”                           
          International Business Machines Corporation,, pp. 28-41 and                 
          60-77 (VoiceType) (1991).                                                   
                    Claims 28 through 30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.               
          § 103 as being unpatentable over Redford in view of VoiceType               
          and White.                                                                  
                    Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and              
          the Examiner, reference is made to the brief, reply brief and               
          answer for the respective details thereof.                                  
                                       OPINION                                        


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