Appeal No. 2005-1157
Application No. 09/829,249
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. An electronic book device, comprising:
a portable housing; and
a processor in the housing and displaying content
stored in a storage device by undertaking at least one of:
responding to plural input modes, and outputting the content
using plural output modes, wherein the processor responds to
a graphics input mode by outputting content in a graphics
output mode using a graphic user interface, the processor
also responding to an audio input mode by outputting content
in an audio output mode using an audio user interface.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Kono 5,914,707 Jun. 22, 1999
Oberteuffer et al. (Oberteuffer) 6,438,523 Aug. 20, 2002
(effective filing date: May 20, 1998)
Claims 1 through 5 and 7 through 20 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Oberteuffer in view
of Kono.
Reference is made to the final rejection, the briefs and the
answer for the respective positions of the appellants and the
examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
and we will reverse the obviousness rejection of claims 1 through
5 and 7 through 20.
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