Appeal No. 1998-0631
Application 07/957,990
Finally, as to the statement that it unclear if a given
key needs to be depressed before the lever arms can collect
data, Appellant notes that this is exactly like asking if it
is necessary to step onto a scale before its lever arms
collect data from one's weight on the scale (Br3).
The Examiner maintains that it is unclear if the keys
collect data from all keys during each depression of a key
or only collect data from the depressed key(s) themselves
and that the example of stepping on a scale is not
understood (EA13).
While Appellant does not respond on point to the
Examiner's reasoning, we nevertheless are not persuaded by
the Examiner's rejection. The limitation of "collecting
pressure data from all the keys upon key depression" is
broad, not indefinite. In any case, it is possible to
collect data from keys which are not depressed; the data is
just zero. This basis for the rejection of claim 208 is
reversed.
In summary, the rejection of claim 208 is reversed.
Nineteenth issue - claim 209
The Examiner states (OA8):
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