Ex Parte FREACH et al - Page 3




                    Appeal No. 2002-0883                                                                                                                                  
                    Application No. 08/759,899                                                                                                                            


                    different desktops which are not currently active.  The active                                                                                        
                    desktop 42 is the desktop which is currently being viewed by the                                                                                      
                    user.  See page 10 of Appellants' specification.                                                                                                      
                              Independent claim 1 best illustrates the claimed invention                                                                                  
                    and is reproduced as follows:                                                                                                                         
                    1.        A method of switching desktops on a computer comprising the                                                                                 
                    steps of:                                                                                                                                             
                              displaying a representation of a polyhedron having a                                                                                        
                    plurality of faces shown on the computer's display;                                                                                                   
                              displaying images on said faces, each image associated with                                                                                 
                    a respective desktop;                                                                                                                                 
                              changing desktops responsive to user interaction with said                                                                                  
                    faces.                                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Reference                                                                                     
                    Goh                                              5,678,015                                         Oct. 14, 1997                                      
                                                                                                    (filed Sep.  1, 1995)                                                 
                                                                   Rejection at Issue                                                                                     
                              Claims 1-29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being                                                                                   
                    anticipated by Goh.                                                                                                                                   









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