Appeal No. 95-4629
Application 07/831,953
the user to move a window by dragging it with a mouse has been
explicitly noted at the top of page 242 of Borland, which
feature is already present in Windows.
As to the last stated rejection, that of claims 3, 4 and
7 to 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 in light of the collective
teachings of Microsoft in view of Norwood, appellant does not
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traverse the combinability of Norwood with Microsoft within
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35 U.S.C. § 103. Norwood's discussion at column 3 beginning
at line 19 indicates that combined flat panel displays and
screen tablets with an attached pen were known in the art to
Norwood. Such is relied upon by Norwood at column 9 beginning
at line 51.
The selective correctability to the extent claimed and to
the extent argued appears to have been met by the teachings of
the art relied upon as argued by the examiner and as
additionally pointed out by us from additional teachings and
showings from the references relied upon by the examiner. The
selective dragability of any icon or movability of any
displayed window by the user is an inherent part of the
disclosed invention as well as each of the three references
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