Appeal No. 1998-0929
Application 08/469,770
it would have been obvious to the artisan for this holographic
image to have the appearance of a physical control panel.
Although Dainippon does not specifically identify the
appearance of the holgraphic image, it does state that the
image replaces a conventional touch panel and that the image
may have the appearance of a menu. We agree with the examiner
that these teachings would have suggested to the artisan that
the holographic image should have the appearance of a touch
panel input (menu) for a control device. As taught by Ward,
it was conventional for touch panel inputs to appear as
physical control panels for some devices. We note that
keyboards and touch panels were known as conventional input
devices for use with computers. Since the holographic image
of Dainippon generates input signals for a computer, we agree
with the examiner that it would have been obvious for this
image to take the form of a keyboard which was a known
physical control panel for inputting data into a computer.
Therefore, we sustain the rejection of claims 30-34, 40-44,
50, 51, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 and 67-69 which have been grouped
together for purposes of this appeal.
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