Appeal No. 2003-0276
Application 09/432,750
The disclosed invention relates to a computer input keyboard
for inputting alphanumeric characters in which the keys are
arranged in alphabetic sequence as opposed to the normal QWERTY
sequence.
Claim 1 is the only independent claim on appeal, and it
reads as follows:
1. A computer input keyboard for inputting alphanumeric
characters in which the keys corresponding to the letters of the
alphabet are arranged in alphabetic sequence, wherein the keys
corresponding to the letters of the alphabet are disposed in a
first row of containing the letters, A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J, a
second row containing the letters K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S, and a third
row containing the letters T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z, the keyboard further
comprising computer function keys and a spacer bar wherein the
first row of alphabetic characters is disposed furthest away from
the spacer bar, and wherein means are provided for switching
between the letters being disposed in an alphabetic sequence and
a conventional QWERTY arrangement.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Grimmett 2,093,993 Oct. 15, 1994
(Canadian Patent Application)
Yoshida et al. (Yoshida) 0533055A1 Mar. 24, 1993
(European Patent Application)
Claims 1 through 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Grimmett in view of Yoshida.
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