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 -3-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007