Ex parte MAGUIRE - Page 4




                 Appeal No. 1999-1344                                                                                                                   
                 Application 08/364,718                                                                                                                 


                 the eye direction signal referenced to the reference                                                                                   
                 coordinate system with respect to both head translatory                                                                                
                 position and eye direction; and                                                                                                        
                          a control, responsive to the eye direction signal                                                                             
                 referenced to the reference coordinate signal, for providing a                                                                         
                 control signal.                                                                                                                        
                          In rejecting Appellant's claims, the Examiner relies on                                                                       
                 two references:                                                                                                                        

                   Lewis                        4,028,725                                                Jun.  7, 1977                                  
                   Beckman                      5,383,990                                                Feb. 14, 1995                                  
                                                                                         (filed Apr. 23, 1993)                                          
                          Claims 1-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                                                                            
                 obvious over Lewis and Beckman.  Rather than repeat the                                                                                
                 arguments of Appellant and Examiner, we refer the reader to                                                                            
                 the Appellant's Briefs  and Examiner's Answer  for the1                                      2                                                      
                 respective details thereof.                                                                                                            
                                                                     OPINION                                                                            
                          With full consideration being given the subject matter on                                                                     
                 appeal, the Examiner's rejection and the arguments of                                                                                  

                          1Appellant filed an Appeal Brief ("Brief") on April 30,                                                                       
                 1998.  In response to the Examiner's Answer, Appellant filed a                                                                         
                 Reply Brief on August 27, 1998.                                                                                                        

                          2The Examiner, in response to Appellant's Brief, filed an                                                                     
                 Examiner's Answer on June 24, 1998.                                                                                                    
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