Appeal No. 2002-0611
Application No. 09/234,229
computer and at least one of the receiver antennae is elongated, extending from the left
side to the right side of the keyboard so that communication can be established
between the PAN transmitter and the computer.
Independent claim 58 is reproduced as follows:
58. A personal area network (PAN) communication system, comprising:
a PAN transmitter;
a computer;
more than one PAN receiver antenna on a keyboard associated
with the computer, the keyboard defining left and right sides relative to a
user of the keyboard, at least one of the receiver antennae being
elongated and extending substantially across the keyboard from
substantially the left side to substantially the right side such that
communication can be established between the PAN transmitter and the
computer.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Gersheneld et al. [Gersheneld] 5,914,701 Jun. 22, 1999
(filed Aug. 06, 1997)
Claims 5 and 58 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103 as unpatentable over
Gersheneld.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the respective positions of
appellants and the examiner.
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