Ex parte OWENS et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 96-0542                                                          
          Application 08/025,603                                                      


               e.  said user dragging said selected first item to a                   
          second window, said second window under control of a third                  
          process; and                                                                
               f.  said third process determining if said second                      
          window can accept said first item based upon said first                     
          information or the second information.                                      
          The examiner relies on the following references:                            
          O’Connor et al. (O’Connor)    4,780,883          Oct. 25, 1988              
          Peters et al. (Peters)        5,157,763          Oct. 20, 1992              
          Future Enterprises, Inc. (Future) "A Microcomputer Education                
          Course For: QUATTRO PRO 3.0," 1991, page 16.                                
          Claims 1-11 and 13-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                        
          § 103.  As evidence of obviousness the examiner offers Peters               
          in view of Future with respect to claims 1-10 and 14-20, and                
          adds O’Connor with respect to claims 11 and 13.                             
          Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the                       
          examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for                
          the respective details thereof.                                             
          OPINION                                                                     
          We have carefully considered the subject matter on                          
          appeal, the rejections advanced by the examiner and the                     
          evidence of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support              
          for the rejections.  We have, likewise, reviewed and taken                  
          into consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellant’s               
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