Appeal No. 2003-0193
Application 09/306,469
have fairly suggested these limitations to one of ordinary skill
in the art.
The examiner states that Ackley is not needed for the
rejection (answer, page 11) but, as discussed above, the examiner
does not explain how Brais would have fairly suggested, to one of
ordinary skill in the art, a number of the limitations in the
appellant’s claim 1.
Ackley discloses a universal input device having a two-
dimensional imager (102) coupled to a processor (104) (col. 3,
lines 2-4). The two-dimensional imager can input data to the
processor from various documents (col. 1, lines 66-67), and “an
audio input unit [122] can receive voice instructions, which are
digitized, converted and input to the processor” (col. 2,
lines 5-7). The audio input unit includes a microphone (124)
(col. 4, line 59) and “may not only amplify and digitize audio
input data, but perform additional functions. For example, the
audio input unit 122 may include speech-to-text capabilities for
converting speech into ASCII or other digital formats. Overall,
the audio input unit 122 may receive both audio data and voice
commands for operating the universal input device 100” (col. 4,
line 64 - col. 5, line 3). The benefit of the universal input
device is that “[r]edundant circuitry, such as redundant
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