Appeal No. 1998-0631
Application 07/957,990
Seventeenth issue - claim 206
The Examiner states (OA7):
In claim 206, lines 9-10, "collecting data from
the four corners of the keyboard" is unclear as to
whether it is intended that (i) the pressure sensing
means are in some undefined location and collect data
from some undefined means that are in the corners,
(ii) the pressure sensing means are in some undefined
location and collect data from the "corners" per se,
which is not understood, or (iii) the pressure sensing
means are themselves located in the "corners" and
collect data from some unidentified source. If
situation (iii) is true, then it is unclear if the
"data" has anything to do with the "pressure signals"
on line 12.
Appellant responds that the meaning is clear from the
description in the specification at page 6, line 30 to
page 7, line 5 (Br29).
The Examiner responds that the specification is just as
unclear as claim 206 because it is vague as to what element
generates the "data" that the pressure sensing means
"collect" (EA12).
We agree with Appellant that the "pressure sensing
means for collecting data from the four corners of the
keyboard" is clear, especially in light of the
specification, which must be looked to for this means-plus-
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