Appeal No. 1998-1481
Application No. 08/536,163
1. An IC card reader, comprising:
a portable case having a form factor for fitting into a pocket, purse or
wallet;
a substrate in said case;
receiving means on said substrate for receiving an IC card having
financial data stored thereon;
reading means on said substrate for reading the stored financial
data;
transforming means on said substrate for transforming the read
financial data into a series of voice command codes;
voice synthesis means, disposed on said substrate and responsive
to the voice command codes, for producing a synthetic speech signal; and
audio outputting means, disposed on said case and responsive to
the synthetic speech signal, for outputting an audio synthesized speech
signal corresponding to the stored financial data.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Nomura et al. (Nomura) 4,779,138 Oct. 18, 1988
Takahashi 5,247,164 Sep. 21, 1993
Rey 5,272,319 Dec. 21, 1993
Powers 5,521,362 May 28, 1996
(filed Jun. 08, 1994)
Claims 2, 3, 7, 9 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by
Nomura. Claims 1, 4-6 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of
obviousness, the examiner cites Nomura with regard to claim 6, Nomura and Powers
with regard to claim 1 and Nomura in view of Rey or Takahashi with regard to claims 4, 5
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