Appeal No. 94-3636
Application 07/889,660
Claim 1 is reproduced below.2
1. A method of controlling a screen display with an input pointer to search the
contents of a memory device for a pen-based computer system, where the contents of the
memory device comprise one or more files, where each file comprises one or more records,
and where each file has an associated file selection button provided as part of the computer
system, comprising the steps of:
receiving a search string which has been written or selected on the screen display with
the pointer;
searching the content of each searchable record of each file that is associated with a
selection button in the memory device for the search string;
determining the number of hits in each file; and
displaying on the screen display a plurality of indicators, each having a corresponding
file selection button, and each showing the number of hits in the file corresponding to the
selection button.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Kita et al. (Kita) 5,172,245 December 15, 1992
(effective filing date October 16, 1987)
Kita discloses an image storage and retrieval system using hierarchical category and
sub-category menus. The data storage arrangement is shown in figure 5. The bit data storage region
82 stores primary information 82a such as image information. The code data storage region 81 stores
secondary information, which is retrieval information for retrieving the primary information, and is
2
Note that the copy of claim 1 in the amendment received October 4, 1993 (Paper No. 8),
and the copy of claim 1 in the appendix to the appeal brief miscopies "comprising the steps of"
from original claim 1 to "comprising the step of."
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