Appeal No. 2000-0965
Application No. 08/927,465
memory communicating with the CPU to store digitized
measurements, and a port to allow downloading of
digitized measurements stored in the memory for the
purpose of further analysis at a remote location;
a test probe connected to said system unit and
connectable to an electrical test point for making an
electrical signal measurement, the CPU digitizing a
measured electrical signal and formatting the digitized
signal for display and storing in the memory; and
an integrated visual display and an audio link to
the system unit, the audio link generating electrical
signals in response to spoken commands by the technician,
which spoken commands are recognized by the speech
recognition software running on the CPU and associated
circuitry to direct and navigate through a displayed user
interface in order to operate electrical signal
measurement device functions, including storing digitized
measurements in memory, and the CPU providing user
feedback and messages whereby all measurements may be
made in a hands free manner.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Janik 5,581,492 Dec. 03,
1996
Fournier et al. (Fournier) 5,671,158 Sep. 23,
1997
(filed Sep. 18,
1995)
Claims 1, 4-11, and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over the combined teachings of
Fournier and Janik.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the
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