Appeal No. 96-1343
Application 07/993,225
of data processing systems. As explained on page 3 of the
specification:
Upon the display of an individual message to a
user in the normal course of use of a data processing
system, the present invention allows the user to
determine whether a message is to be displayed in the
future. An OPTIONS pushbutton is provided in the
message window and is used to display the selections to
the user. If the user chooses that the message not be
displayed, then future occurrences of the message
producing action, which would normally cause the
message to be displayed, will result in no display of
the message. If the user selects that the message is
to be displayed, then the user can choose the procedure
for removing the message from the screen. The message
can be removed automatically after the message has been
displayed for a user selected period of time, or upon
the occurrence of a specific or general user action.
In this manner, individual messages can be controlled
with regard to the display and removal of the messages.
Independent claims 1 and 9 are illustrative of the appealed
subject matter and copies thereof, as they appear in the appendix
to appellants’ brief, are appended to this opinion.
The single reference of record relied upon by the examiner
is support of the standing rejection is:
Obata et al. (Obata) 5,018,082 May 21, 1991
The following reference is cited by this panel of the board
in support of a new rejection made pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b):
The Speller/Thesaurus chapter of the operation manual
for WordPerfect® Version 4.2 (1986)
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