Appeal No. 2005-1948 2
Application No. 10/020,572
selecting a selected one of the two or more symbols in accordance with
the second type of actuation.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
King et al. (King) 6,011,554 Jan. 4, 2000
Hoeksma 6,271,835 Aug. 7, 2001
Hirshberg 6,597,345 July 22, 2003
(filed Nov. 5, 2001)
Claims 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26 and 27 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Hoeksma.
Claims 9 through 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Hirshberg in view of King.
Reference is made to the brief and the answer for the respective positions of the
appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us, and we will reverse all
of the rejections of record.
Turning first to the anticipation rejection of claims 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20,
23, 24, 26 and 27, we agree with the examiner’s finding (answer, page 3) that the key
223 in screen layout 100 in Hoeksma (Figure 2; upper left screen) can be pressed a first
time to display the enlarged letter “O” (Figure 2; upper right screen). Thereafter, the key
223 can be pressed again to select the letter “O” (column 2, lines 32 through 44; column
4, lines 27 through 53). On the other hand, we agree with the appellant’s argument
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