Appeal No. 1998-0746
Application No. 08/511,268
keyboard such as disclosed by Schmidt, since there
would be no motivation for doing so.
We agree. Inasmuch as hindsight can not be a motivating
factor for combining the teachings of Deakin with those of
Schmidt, we agree with appellant (Brief, pages 18 and 19) that
“the Examiner has failed to establish a prima facie case of
obviousness.” In summary, the obviousness rejection of claims
17 and 31 through 33 is reversed.
DECISION
The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 15 through
35 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
REVERSED
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