Appeal No. 1998-0874
Application 08/318,513
means for producing a freely set key table that
correlates operation key information representing a function
of the specified operation key and further area information
representing the freely set sub-area of the freely set key
area of the coordinate input surface.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Flurry 4,633,436 Dec. 30, 1986
Day, Jr. et al. (Day) 4,763,356 Aug. 09, 1988
Todome 4,937,762 June 26, 1990
Hube et al. (Hube) 5,119,079 June 02, 1992
(filed Sep. 17,
1990)
Okada 5,208,683 May 04, 1993
(filed July 24,
1989)
R. N. Wolfe, “Keyboard for Electronic Tablet or Digitizer,”
IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, Vol. 14, No. 3, August
1971, pages 807-808.
The following rejections are before us on appeal:
1. Claims 1 and 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the teachings of Todome, Okada and
Hube. 2. Claims 2, 6, 7, 9 and 11 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the
teachings of Todome, Okada, Hube and Wolfe.
3. Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
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