Appeal No. 95-2882
Application No. 07/996,775
editing in an object-oriented programming environment (i.e.,
bits and pieces of the claimed invention), we agree with
appellants’ conclusion (Brief, page 46) that “[i]ndependent
claims 1 and 14 both recite an object-oriented menuing system2
including a command object with status information and logic
for creating a menu item and updating the menu item’s state in
response to the system status when the item is selected,” and
that “[t]he cited references do not teach or suggest the
claimed invention.” In summary, the obviousness rejection is
reversed.
2Appellants argue (Brief, pages 43 through 46) that their
means-plus-function claims should be interpreted in accordance
with In re Donaldson Co., 16 F.3d 1189, 29 USPQ2d 1845 (Fed.
Cir. 1994).
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