Appeal No. 96-2865
Application No. 08/081,561
of the objects pictured on the display means into an operating
pictorial representation of an operating experimental
configuration, the experimental configuration being characterized
by a relationship among a plurality of experimental parameters”
and “enabling the student to simulate the performance of an
experiment using the pictorial representation of the experimental
configuration . . . .” To a certain degree, the examiner is
correct in observing (see pages 9 and 13 in the answer) that
Smith broadly relates to the general concept underlying the
claimed invention, i.e., the use of an interactive multimedia
system to expose students to scientific principles and concepts.
Nonetheless, the apparatus and method actually disclosed by Smith
do not meet the foregoing specific limitations in claims 1 and
17.
Accordingly, we shall not sustain the standing 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) rejection of claims 1 and 17, or of claims 2 through 16,
18 through 31 and 33 through 41 which depend therefrom, as being
anticipated by Smith.
In summary, the decision of the examiner:
a) to reject claims 1 through 41 under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, is reversed;
b) to reject claims 1 through 41 under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
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