Ex parte JOHNSON et al. - Page 7




          Appeal No. 95-4377                                                          
          Application 08/160,348                                                      


               Appellants also correctly note that Cowart does not disclose           
          or suggest changing the appearance of the cursor to represent               
          selection of predefined process.  Instead, Cowart (at 835-36)               
          describes various programs for changing the appearance of the               
          cursors to make them earlier to locate on the screen:  "BCursor,"           
          which doubles the cursor's size and making it solid rather than             
          hollow; "ChngCrsr," which modifies the look and/or size of both             
          the hourglass and pointer cursors; "Microsoft Mouse Driver 8.1,"            
          which sets the accelaration speed, horizontal and vertical                  
          sensitivity control, color, and size of the mouse pointer,                  
          including making the size of the pointer increase in size as it             
          is moved; and "Cursorific!," which permits modification of the              
          look, shape, and size of all the Windows cursors, with some of              
          the available styles being shown in Figure 21.14, at 836.                   














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