Appeal No. 95-4356
Application 08/133,821
definition of the terms used in claim 16 which would justify
giving the claimed terms an interpretation different from the
normal interpretation. In light of the above
discussion, we agree with the examiner that Fleming broadly
teaches that selection of an icon on the menu bar results in a
message being sent to the object assigned to that icon. We do
not agree with the examiner, however, that the sizing icons of
Fleming can be considered to be icons which are assigned to
an object. In our view, the only icons which meet the step of
assigning an icon to each of a plurality of objects are the
icons such as icons 45 and 51 in Fleming. We are also of the
view that the icon bar in IBM would not have suggested the
step of displaying icons assigned to an object in a window
menu bar as recited in claim 16. Nevertheless, our
interpretation of claim 16 does not require that there be a
plurality of icons within a single menu bar.
Fleming teaches at least two objects such as "Folder-
Project X" and "Chart-Chart 1" each of which has an icon
assigned
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