Appeal No. 2005-0485
Application No. 09/303,632
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “disposable covers for keyboards
used with computers in dental and medical fields to maintain the
keyboards’ sterility” (specification, page 1). Representative
claims 21 and 32 read as follows:
21. A package of individual disposable transparent covers
of a predetermined size in length and width for protecting the
sterility of a keyboard of a computer, each said cover comprising
at least one flat and entirely transparent planar sheet of
pliable plastic film of uniform thickness throughout and a
predetermined size in length and width to contact and protect an
entire upper surface of a keyboard, said sheet inhibiting any
unintentional contact between a keyboard and fingers of an
operator while not impeding an operator’s ability to manipulate a
keyboard in a speedy and accurate manner.
32. An individual disposable transparent cover having a
predetermined size in length and width for protecting the
sterility of a keyboard of a computer, comprising a flat and
entirely transparent planar sheet of pliable plastic film of
uniform thickness throughout and a predetermined size in length
and width to contact and overlie an entire upper surface of a
keyboard, said sheet inhibiting any unintentional contact between
a keyboard and fingers of an operator of a keyboard while not
impeding an operator’s ability to manipulate a keyboard in a
speedy and accurate manner.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Okamura 5,089,690 Feb. 18, 1992
Gaible et al. (Gaible) 5,397,182 Mar. 14, 1995
Adair 5,812,188 Sep. 22, 1998
Yanagisawa 5,872,527 Feb. 16, 1999
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