Appeal No. 2003-1184
Application No. 09/737,344
BACKGROUND
The invention is directed to a personal data assistant (PDA) watch having a dial
for entering characters into the PDA. Representative claim 10 is reproduced below.
10. A PDA watch comprising:
a chassis;
data processing hardware mounted within the chassis and operable for
running a software program;
a display device coupled to the data processing hardware for displaying
output information from the software program, the display device mounted in the
chassis so that the display device is viewable by a user of the PDA watch; and
an input dial mounted on the chassis, and operable for inputting
alphanumeric characters into the software program, wherein the input dial is
circular shaped with depictions of the alphanumeric characters lining a
circumference of the input dial.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Laesser 4,044,242 Aug. 23, 1977
Numazaki 5,900,863 May 4, 1999
Wicks et al. (Wicks) 5,914,669 Jun. 22, 1999
Claims 10-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Numazaki and Wicks.
Claim 14 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Numazaki, Wicks, and Laesser.
Claims 1-9 have been canceled. Claims 15-19 stand allowed.
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