Ex Parte Roberts et al - Page 9

                Appeal 2007-0802                                                                               
                Application 10/317,930                                                                         


                                               CONCLUSION                                                      
                      On the record before us, Appellants have failed to show that the                         
                Examiner erred in rejecting the claims or the rejections are not supported by                  
                a legally sufficient basis for holding that the combined teachings of the                      
                references would have suggested to the skilled artisan all of the claimed                      
                limitations.  Accordingly, based on the teachings of the prior art outlined                    
                supra, we agree with the Examiner’s position that the claimed tactile graphic                  
                display is taught by the combination of the references and sustain the                         
                rejection of claims 1-3 and 5-13 under § 103(a) over the combination of                        
                Sharder and Lake and of claim 4 over the combination of Sharder, Lake and                      
                Kravtsov.  However, we reach the opposite conclusion with respect to the                       
                rejection of claims 14-20.                                                                     

                                                 DECISION                                                      
                      The decision of the Examiner rejecting claims 1-13 under 35 U.S.C.                       
                § 103 is affirmed but is reversed with respect to claims 14-20.                                













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