Appeal No. 2005-0232
Application No. 10/169,818
7. A telephony device, comprising:
a display screen;
a processor operable to control a display of an
audio adjustment parameter at a first position along a
path on said display screen, the first position being
indicative of a first value of the audio adjustment
parameter; and
moving means for moving the audio adjustment
parameter along the path to a second position
indicative of a second value of the audio adjustment
parameter.
The examiner relies upon the following reference as
evidence of unpatentability:
Yatsu 5,848,148 Dec. 08, 1998
Claims 1-4, 6 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Yatsu.
Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
obvious over Yatsu.
On page 4 of the brief, appellants state that the claims
should be considered as one group. Appellants do separately
argue claims 1 and 7. We therefore consider claims 1 and 7 in
this appeal. See 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7)(2003); now 37 CFR
§ 41.37(c)(1)(vii)(September 2004).
OPINION
I. The anticipation rejection
Beginning on page 4 of the brief, appellant argues that
claim 1 requires a display screen, wherein “a value of each
adjustment parameter is represented on said display via a
movable index”, and that claim 7 requires a display at a first
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