Appeal No. 1999-0564
Application 08/398,834
this appeal is directed to the rejection of claims 2-5, 13, 22
and 26-28.
The disclosed invention pertains to an input device
for a computer. More specifically, the input device has a
keyboard with two sets of keys spaced apart from each other.
A touch sensitive pad is disposed in the space between the two
sets of keys. The input device is designed so that the
operator can operate the touch sensitive pad with an index
finger while keeping the other fingers on the traditional home
keys of the keyboard.
Representative claim 2 is reproduced as follows:
2. A computer with a central processing unit, a memory,
a display and an input device, wherein said input device
comprises:
a keyboard having a plurality of keys, each key
corresponding to one of a plurality of alphanumeric and
punctuation characters, said keys arranged in first and second
sets, each set having a plurality of rows, each set having a
home row of keys for normally receiving the tips of the
fingers of an operator, said first and second sets spaced from
each other, said keyboard having a switching matrix
operatively associated with said keys for generating a
computer input signal corresponding to the key operated by an
operator; and
a touch sensitive input pad disposed in the space between
the two sets of keys and accessible by removing only one index
finger from one of the home keys,
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