Appeal No. 1999-1995
Application No. 08/772,840
Culver (column 10, lines 63-64) adds palm rest 262 "to provide
additional comfort for the user of the system." Thus, Culver
specifically provides for support of a user's appendage
separate from the cylinder. Consequently, we find that
Culver's cylinder does not support a user's appendage.
Therefore, the examiner has failed to establish a prima facie
case of obviousness, and we will not sustain the obviousness
rejection of claim 72.
As to claims 73 and 75 through 77, the examiner adds
Avila to Culver to reject the claims. However, Avila fails to
cure the deficiency of Culver noted above. Therefore, we
cannot sustain the obviousness rejection of claims 73 and 75
through 77.
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