Appeal No. 2002-0653
Application No. 09/121,747
means responsive to said sensing means for providing additional displayed information to
said interface.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
McCaskill et al. (McCaskill) 4,481,603 Nov. 6, 1984
Kitahara et al. (Kitahara) 5,377,319 Dec. 27, 1994
Shaya et al. (Shaya) 5,447,164 Sept. 5, 1995
Bertram et al. (Bertram) 5,880,724 Mar. 9, 1999
(filed Mar. 7, 1997)
Steele 5,884,056 Mar. 16, 1999
(filed Dec. 28, 1995)
Bates et al. (Bates) 6,023,697 Feb. 8, 2000
(filed Feb. 24, 1998)
Claims 1, 9, 17, 25, 32 and 39 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated
by Shaya.
Claims 2 through 4, 10 through 12, 18 through 20, 26 and 361 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Shaya in view of Kitahara.
Claims 5, 6, 13, 14, 21, 22, 27, 33 and 40 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Shaya in view of Kitahara in view of Bates.
Claims 7, 8, 15, 16, 23, 24, 28, 29, 34, 35, 41 and 42 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Shaya in view of Kitahara and Steele.
Claims 30, 37 and 43 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Shaya in view of McCaskill.
1 Appellants and the examiner agree that claim 36, as opposed to claim 35, stands rejected
based upon the combined teachings of Shaya and Kitahara (paper number 15).
2
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