Ex parte ESSLINGER et al. - Page 3




                Appeal No. 95-5061                                                                                                            
                Application 07/825,979                                                                                                        


                         user's display screen, wherein said inspection data                                                                  
                         comprises user-selected program operating parameters                                                                 
                         from user-selected nodes and;                                                                                        
                         (e) selecting a next transaction representing another                                                                
                         of the parallel execution threads for animation and                                                                  
                         animating the next transaction until it blocks.                                                                      
                         The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:                                                             
                Luke                     5,168,554                         Dec. 1, 1992                                                       
                Georg Raeder, “A Survey of Current Graphical Programming                                                                      
                Techniques”, Computer (published 1985 by IEEE Press).                                                                         
                         Claims 1 through 5, 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                                                           
                § 103 as being unpatentable over Luke and Raeder.                                                                             
                         Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants or the                                                                
                Examiner, we make reference to the briefs  and the answer for        2                                                        
                the details thereof.                                                                                                          
                                                                 OPINION                                                                      
                         After a careful review of the evidence before us, we do not                                                          
                agree with the Examiner that claims 1 through 5, 7 and 8 are                                                                  
                properly rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable                                                                 
                over Luke and Raeder.                                                                                                         


                         2Appellants filed an appeal brief on February 17, 1995.  We                                                          
                will refer to this appeal brief as simply the brief.  Appellants                                                              
                filed a reply appeal brief on July 24, 1995.  We will refer to                                                                
                this reply appeal brief as the reply brief.  The Examiner stated                                                              
                in the Examiner’s letter, mailed August 28, 1995 that the reply                                                               
                brief has been entered and considered but no further response by                                                              
                the Examiner is deemed necessary.                                                                                             
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