Ex parte STICKNEY et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1997-4352                                                        
          Application No. 08/422,689                                                  

               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 15 through 34 and 36, all the claims pending in the                  
          application.                                                                


               The invention is directed to a computer-based                          
          interrogation recording tool for rapidly converting verbal                  
          descriptions of objects and events into graphical displays by               
          recording, arranging and manipulating graphical objects stored              
          in a three-dimensional geometric database in response to an                 
          operator’s input based on a witness’ statements to the                      
          operator.                                                                   
               Representative independent claim 15 is reproduced as                   
          follows:                                                                    
               15. A method for creating a visual display of a set of                 
          objects in response to a person’s verbal statements describing              
          actual objects and events occurring at different times, said                
          method comprising:                                                          
               receiving by an operator a plurality of said verbal                    
          statements containing descriptions of said objects at                       
          different times;                                                            
               said operator entering information derived from said                   
          verbal statements into an interrogation recording tool, said                
          statements being recorded and represented by the interrogation              
          recording tool as graphical representations of the objects and              
          events;                                                                     


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