Appeal No. 2002-2037
Application No. 09/128,706
also In re Dance, 160 F.3d 1339, 1340 n.2, 48 USPQ2d 1635, 1636
n.2 (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re King, 801 F.2d 1324, 1325, 231 USPQ
136, 137 (Fed. Cir. 1986); In re Sernaker, 702 F.2d 989, 991, 217
USPQ 1, 3 (Fed. Cir. 1983). Claims 1 and 2 read as follows:
1. An apparatus for simulating push button operation on the
screen of a display device comprising:
first means for displaying on the display a first oval and a
second oval spaced below the first oval a first predetermined
distance to simulate an undepressed three dimensional mechanical
push button;
an input device for selecting the simulated push button; and
second means responsive to the input device for displaying on
the display the first oval and the second oval spaced below the
first oval a second predetermined distance shorter than the first
distance to simulate a depressed three dimensional mechanical push
button when a user input is received from the input device.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a third
means responsive to the input device for highlighting the
simulated push button without changing the first distance.
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