Appeal No. 96-0067
Application 08/075,241
containing parameters for controlling the processing of the data
contained in the first data structure."
But it is the workstation state list which describes the
necessary processing environment for processing the graphical
data contained in Liang's structure storage unit (column 3, lines
61-63; column 4, lines 41-43). In light of all the claim
features directed to the relationship between the first and the
second data structure, it is plainly inappropriate to read both
data structures on the same part. However, this mistake on the
part of the examiner has not been pointed out by the appellants,
and it is manifestly apparent that Liang does disclose a first
data structure and a second data structure, separate from each
other. In that regard, note that Liang's claim 1 explicitly
recites a first data structure and a second data structure.
Accordingly, we will assume that the examiner has properly
identified Liang's first data structure as the hierarchical
graphical data in the structure storage element, and the second
data structure as including the workstation state list and the
view traversal control block as is recited in Liang's claim 1.
Claim 1 requires that the second data structure contains at
respective nodes thereof a representation and also specifications
of each hierarchical partition of the data attributes stored in
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