Appeal No. 2001-1602
Application No. 08/973,003
Independent claim 1 present in the application is reproduced
as follows:
1. An alphanumerical keyboard comprising a plurality of numeral
keys and function keys,
wherein the keyboard is programmed so that only simultaneous
depression of exactly two mutually adjacent keys will generate an
alpha-character and so that only depression of solely one numeral
key will generate a numeral,
wherein simultaneous depression requires both of the exactly
two mutually adjacent keys to be in a depressed state at the same
time.
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Prame 4,381,502 Apr. 26, 1983
Beers 5,007,008 Apr. 9, 1991
Danish 5,117,455 May 26, 1992
Rejections at Issue
Claims 1, 3, 5, and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Danish and Prame.
Claims 2, 4, and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Danish, Prame and Beers.
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