Appeal No. 2004-1459
Application No. 09/170,156
The examiner responds that since Zeinstra’s voice
actuated control system can be trained to recognize and activate
the major functions, then additional voice commands corresponding
to the claimed states can be recognized by the system (answer,
page 7).
Appellant responds that the training function in Zeinstra
is limited to the learning of additional vocabulary, and that
Zeinstra never contemplates the training of the overall system to
incorporate new functions as claimed. Appellant also responds
that COMDEX is completely devoid of mentioning states such as
“initial mail,” “reading note” and “next/previous note” as
claimed. Finally, appellant reiterates that Zeinstra does not
disclose a set of reconfigurable control elements as claimed
(reply brief, pages 1-4).
We will not sustain the examiner’s rejection of
independent claims 1 and 9 for essentially the reasons argued by
appellant in the briefs. Specifically, there are no
reconfigurable control elements mounted on the steering wheel in
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