Appeal No. 96-2372
Application 08/278,676
means for displaying the options on the viewscreen in a
non-closed, curved band, which band is curved such that normals
to the curvature of the band lie in the surface of the display,
the options being displayed in regions of said band, and
the corresponding areas are positioned in a
corresponding band which is curved similarly to the curved band
on the viewscreen
whereby the corresponding area can be traced easily
without lifting the wrist and the curved band suggests to the
user such a motion.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Day Jr. et al. (Day) 4,763,356 Aug. 9, 1988
Callahan et al. (Callahan), An Empirical Comparison of Pie vs.
Linear Menus, September 1987, pp. 1-14.
Claims 1 through 3, 9 through 11 and 15 through 26
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Callahan.
Claims 5 through 8 and 12 through 14 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Callahan in view
of Day.
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