Appeal No. 1999-2068
Application 08/650,038
the apparatus of Yano because by having the switching means
located on the steering wheel of the automobile the driver has
the switching means closer, which minimizes the driver's
distraction from the road while trying to reach the switching
means.
The Examiner also finds it obvious to one of ordinary8
skill in the art to have the touch screen feature group
switches separate from the display device because it is
commonly known in the art to integrate or not circuit elements
into one integrated circuit in order to make the device more
or less compact, and by having the display on the front panel
of the vehicle, the driver does not have to distract the view
from the road.
Finally, the Examiner asserts that it is not necessary9
that the references actually suggest the changes or
improvements that Appellant has made, but that the test for
combining the references is what the references as a whole
would have suggested to one of ordinary skill in the art.
8Answer, page 5.
9Answer, page 7.
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