Appeal No. 96-2242
Application No. 08/083,242
Norden-Paul teaches a network of computers that
is used for displaying patient records, such as
medications administered and a patient’s
physiological parameters (heart rate, etc.).
Norden-Paul focuses on providing a type of patient
record that is flexible enough to meet the needs of
the medical staff. This is accomplished by allowing
the cells in a record to be of variable size so as
to contain more or less data.
We do not, however, agree with appellants’ argument
(Brief, page 6) that “Norden-Paul does not teach displaying a
representation of an object on a user interface, and
determining from an input provided by way of the displayed
object representation on the user interface if the object is
to be presented by a presentation device that is separate from
the user interface.” If medical advice is prepared on a form
or “object” at the system console 85 for presentation or
display at only the nurse’s workstation, then the user of the
system console can type in the address of the nurse’s
workstation on the form to prevent the medical advice from
being displayed at the bedside workstations. An address typed
on the form or “object” is an “attribute” of both the form or
“object” and the nurse’s workstation. Thus, we do not agree
with appellants’ argument (Brief, page 7) that Norden-Paul
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