Appeal No. 2004-1069 Page 2
Application No. 09/569,616
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an input and a display device provided with
an output screen and means for determining a position of a pointing device relative to a
position at the output screen wherein the means for determining comprises elongated
radiation sources along two substantially non-parallel sides of the output screen for
radiating radiation in beams to opposing sides of the output screen, which beams are
substantially parallel to a surface of the output screen (specification, p. 1). A copy of
the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Tai et al. (Tai) 5,506,929 April 9, 1996
Claims 1 to 3 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated
by Tai.
Claim 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Tai.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
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