Appeal No. 1998-2571
Application No. 08/515,383
relating to the indefiniteness of these claims and therefore
is not a reversal based on the merits of the rejection.
NEW GROUND OF REJECTION UNDER 37 CFR § 1.196(b)
We make the following new grounds of rejection.
Claims 29 and 30 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph for failure to distinctly claim the subject
matter of the invention. In particular, it is not clear what
is meant by the following language of claim 29:
b) a planar display section disposed between said two
of the keyboard sections in the collapsed condition
such that:
i) said planar display section is substantially
coplanar with and movable in a direction
perpendicular to the plane of the said planar
display section toward each of said two of the
keyboard sections; and
ii) said collapsible keyboard and display
mechanism are oriented such that said
planar display sections remains
substantially planar during bending of
said two of the keyboard sections.
The various claimed relative movements of the keyboard
sections and the display are unclear. For example, the
recited language does not explain clearly and distinctly how
the “planar display sections remains (sic) substantially
planar during bending of said two of the keyboard sections.”
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