Ex Parte CARROLL - Page 2



            Appeal No. 2006-0641                                                                        
            Application No. 09/416,536                                                                  

            one of one or more graphical portions.  The user selectable table                           
            portions include a plurality of rows and columns (e.g., a                                   
            spreadsheet).                                                                               
                  Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it                              
            reads as follows:                                                                           
                  1.  A system for presenting table information, the table                              
            having one or more user selectable table portions, the user                                 
            selectable table portions including a plurality of rows and                                 
            columns, the system comprising:                                                             
                  a table presentation module that presents the one or more                             
            user selectable table portions in a graphical user interface;                               
                  a graphics presentation module that presents one or more                              
            graphical portions in the graphical user interface, wherein a                               
            user assigns the one or more user selectable table portions to at                           
            least one of the one or more graphical portions; and                                        
                  a user selection module for enabling a user to select the                             
            one or more graphical portions thereby causing the table                                    
            presentation module to present a user selectable table portion                              
            assigned to the selected one or more graphical portions.                                    
                  The references relied on by the examiner are:                                         
            Anderson et al. (Anderson)          5,664,127                Sept.  2, 1997                 
            Wilcox                              6,097,391                Aug.   1, 2000                 
                                                            (filed Mar. 31, 1997)                      
                  Claims 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20 through 23,                          
            25 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being                                  
            anticipated by Anderson.                                                                    


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