Appeal No. 2004-1025
Application No. 09/572,674
(a) a mouthpiece having an airway passage formed
therethrough,
(b) a shaft having one end secured within said
mouthpiece and a distal end configured for performing keyboard
entry, wherein said shaft includes a hollow portion aligned with
and fluidly connected to said airway passage, and
(c) a control module attached to said shaft,
wherein in said module includes,
i) a switching means fluidly connected to
said hollow portion, wherein said switching means generates a
first signal in response to an air pressure signal initiated by
the person at said air passage,
ii) at least one emitting means for
transmitting the first signal and a second signal; and
a reception unit with a first detector means for detecting
said first signal and a second detector means for detecting said
second signal.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
De Bruyne 4,758,691 Jul. 19, 1988
Sauer et al. (Sauer) 4,828,418 May 9, 1989
Koizumi et al. (Koizumi) 5,883,616 Mar. 16, 1999
THE REJECTION
Claims 1 through 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Koizumi, Sauer and De Bruyne.
Attention is directed to the brief (Paper No. 12) and answer
(Paper No. 13) for the respective positions of the appellant and
examiner regarding the merits of this rejection.
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