Appeal No. 1999-2607
Application 08/826,618
the "step back" function to return to the desktop, and
(3) selects another object for display. The Examiner states that
(FR9): "As a result, there can be a plurality of interfaces
displayed on the screen, but which are not simultaneously visible
to the user." The Examiner also states (EA8): "While the back
function removes a selected two-dimensional image from the user's
view, it does not deactivate or close the two-dimensional image
and thus does not remove the two-dimensional image from display."
Appellants respond that there is no support in Lynch for the
Examiner's interpretation (Br8-10).
We agree with Appellants that Lynch does not support the
Examiner's scenario. Initially, the Examiner's finding (at EA8)
that removing a selected two-dimensional image from the user's
view does not remove the two-dimensional image from the display
is not understood. A "displayed image" requires a visible image,
not an image stored in a display, e.g., stored in the display
memory. There is no suggestion in Lynch that a two-dimensional
image corresponding to an object remains displayed during and
after navigation. Lynch teaches that the two-dimensional
application interfaces take up the whole display (e.g.,
figures 6-15 and 18). The only "navigation" that can be done
from the user interface is to return to the level where the
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