Appeal No. 2002-0883
Application No. 08/759,899
See column 5, lines 62-66. When the user decides to view the
cube, the user selects the "cube/formation" item from the drop-
down menu. In response, the graphical user interface causes the
desktop to "fall" away from the user, revealing the cube. The
user can select default images so that these images are displayed
on the faces of the cube when it is first formed. See column 6,
lines 15-23. When the user wishes to return to the desktop, the
user selects "cube/disband" from the drop-down menu. In
response, the cube disappears, the desktop rises to fill the
screen, and any windows that were mapped to the cube reappear on
the desktop. See column 6, lines 38-42. In an alternate
embodiment, Goh teaches that the windows which are textured-
mapped to the faces of the cube are application work spaces. See
column 6, lines 6-14.
The Examiner argues that the Goh's windows 104, shown on
cube 500, in Figure 5, read on Appellants' claim "desktops." See
pages 2 and 3 of the final rejection.
As pointed out by our reviewing court, we must first
determine the scope of the claim. "[T]he name of the game is the
claim." In re Hiniker Co., 150 F.3d 1362, 1369, 47 USPQ2d 1523,
1529 (Fed. Cir. 1998). Claims will be given their broadest
reasonable interpretation consistent with the specification, and
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