Appeal No. 2000-2226 Page 6
Application No. 08/827,107
zero digit key." Accordingly, the claim requires displaying an image of a 3x3 array of
digit keys and a zero digit underneath the array and moving a joystick downward twice
to highlight the zero digit key with a cursor.
As aforementioned, the examiner relies on item 13 of Nishiyama. Although the
item may be a 3x3 array of digit keys having a zero digit underneath the array, it is not
an image on a display. To the contrary, the item is a “plurality of button keys mounted
on said key panel member on the front side of said telephone case,” col. 10, ll. 8-9, i.e.,
a physical, numeric keypad. The examiner fails to allege, let alone show, that the
addition of Macor or Harrison cures the deficiency of the primary reference. Absent a
teaching or suggestion of displaying an image of a 3x3 array of digit keys and a zero
digit underneath the array and moving a joystick downward twice to highlight the zero
digit key with a cursor, the examiner fails to present a prima facie case of obviousness.
Therefore, we reverse the obviousness rejections of claim 8 and of claims 10-14, which
fall therewith.
III. Claims 15-18
The examiner asserts, "[i]t would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the
art at the time the invention was made to modify Harrison by specifically providing an
antenna which rotates about an [sic] pivotal joint so as to be movable between a first
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