Appeal No. 96-1463
Application 08/048,181
operates in accordance with the requirements of claims 1 and
9. This deficiency in the teachings of Iwasaki is in addition
to the deficiencies noted supra by the examiner. We also note
that Iwasaki lacks a polygon deformation means as required by
both claim 1 and claim 9.
For teachings lacking in Iwasaki, the examiner turned to
Hernandez for teachings of polygon shifting, polygon
deformation, and polygon rotation (Answer, pages 3 and 4).
Hernandez discloses a method of editing graphic objects in an
interactive draw graphic system. As illustrated in Figure 2
of this reference, polygonally shaped graphic objects 21
through 23 are displayed on screen 20 of display 10. In an
edit operation, the rectangular polygon 23 is moved from the
bottom of the screen to the top of the screen (Figures 3
through 6). When the object editing mode is entered, the
printing cursor 25 (Figure 3) appears on the screen, and an
edit menu 27 (Figure 4) is brought up adjacent the cursor.
The edit action MOVE is selected, and the cursor is thereafter
positioned adjacent the rectangular polygon 23 (Figure 5).
The rectangular polygon is then carried from the lower portion
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