Appeal No. 2001-1602
Application No. 08/973,003
Examiner relies upon the following language in Danish to provide
evidence for motivation:
It will be recognized by those skilled in the art that
other key pad arrangements are used and that the matrix
or the present invention may be adapted for use with
other keypad configurations.
See Answer, page 8, lines 14-16. This language, contends the
Examiner, constitutes a suggestion for the modification of the
Danish keypad by using other keypad arrangements and
configurations. See Answer, page 8, lines 16-18.
In response to the Examiner's argument that the Danish
keyboard could be modified to form the claimed invention,
Appellant argues that there is no teaching or suggestion
available in Danish for the modification. See Brief, page 7,
lines 14-18. Appellant argues that since Danish teaches a 12 key
keyboard and that the keyboard of the claimed invention, as shown
in Appellant's Figure 1, has 20 keys, there is no motivation for
one of ordinary skill in the art to increase the number of keys
without a clear advantage being present. See Brief, page 8,
lines 1-7.
Obviousness can only be established by combining or
modifying the teachings of the prior art to produce the claimed
invention where there is some teaching, suggestion, or
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