Appeal No. 1998-0746
Application No. 08/511,268
ascending order of the numeric keys. No other actuable keys
are located between the parallel rows of numeric keys.
Claim 15 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
15. A keypad for facilitating efficient entry of numeric
data, said keypad comprising:
a plurality of actuable keys, at least some of which are
numeric keys wherein an associated numeral unique to each
numeric key is affixed to or adjacent that key, each numeric
key having a predetermined length along a first dimension of
said keypad;
said numeric keys being arranged in first and second
immediately adjacent straight parallel rows of five keys each
in clockwise ascending order of said associated numerals such
that none of said actuable keys are disposed between said
parallel rows of said numeric keys, and such that said rows
extend along a second dimension of said keypad and are
arranged in said first and second dimensions in positions
facilitating efficient entry of numeric data;
wherein said keypad contains ten of said numeric keys and
each said numeric key is uniquely associated with a respective
numeral in the range of zero through nine.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Deakin D 145,780 Oct. 22,
1946
Schmidt 4,522,518 June 11,
1985
Claims 15, 16, 18 through 30, 34 and 35 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Schmidt.
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