Ex parte BERRY et al. - Page 14




          Appeal No. 95-4356                                                          
          Application 08/133,821                                                      



          a selectable action.  Even using this broad definition, the                 
          Berry help screens cannot be viewed as action submenus.                     
          Since we agree with appellants that the help screens                        
          of Berry cannot suggest the action submenus as recited in                   
          independent claims 17, 20 and 24, and since the examiner has                
          not given a satisfactory response to this argument, we do not               
          sustain the rejection of claims 17-27 as formulated by the                  
          examiner.                                                                   
          In summary, we have not sustained the rejection of                          
          claim 16 under the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112, but we              
          have sustained the rejection of claim 16 under 35 U.S.C. §                  
          103.  We have not sustained the rejection of claims 17-27                   
          under 35 U.S.C.                                                             
          § 103.  Accordingly, the decision of the examiner rejecting                 
          claims 16-27 is affirmed-in-part.                                           
          No time period for taking any subsequent action in                          
          connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR                    
          § 1.136(a).                                                                 
                                  AFFIRMED-IN-PART                                    



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