Ex Parte CHEW et al - Page 4




          Appeal No. 2001-1308                                                        
          Application No. 08/354,491                                                  


               setting attributes of a window column;                                 
               changing a width of a window column;                                   
               assigning an image list to a window;                                   
               setting some or all of an item's attributes;                           
               preparing a window for adding items;                                   
               moving an item to a specified position in the window;                  
               changing a state of an item in the window;                             
               changing text associated with an item;                                 
               setting a background color of text in the window;                      
               setting a text color of a window;                                      
               sorting items using an application-defined comparison                  
          function; and                                                               
               updating an item.                                                      
               The prior art reference of record relied upon by the                   
          examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:                               
          Robert Cowart, Mastering Windows™ 3.1 Special Edition, SYBEX,               
          1993, pp. 1-964.  (Cowart)                                                  
               Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being           
          anticipated by Cowart.                                                      
               Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 14,              
          mailed February 18, 1998) for the examiner's complete reasoning             
          in support of the rejection, and to appellants' Brief (Paper No.            


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