Appeal No. 96-2275
Application 08/010,063
To amplify the examiner’s position, we note that independent
method claim 1 and its corresponding structure claim 29 indicate
generally that there is a generating and displaying in an access
window of “at least one access function”. Note the fourth listed
clause in the body of claim 1 and the first listed clause in the
body of claim 29. In the second listed clause in the body of
claim 29, the relationship of displaying headings in a first
working area occurs “upon selection of said access function.”
Inasmuch as there is only one access function selected in this
claim, the reasoning of the examiner applying the respective
“file manager”, “open file”, “help function”, and “end of search”
window functions respectively noted at the bottom of page 10 of
the answer to the partitioned access window in this claim are
clearly applicable. Additionally, since there is no claimed
nexus of the displaying operation of the headings in the sixth
recited clause in the body of independent method claim 1, by
means of the selection of the access function in the fifth clause
of claim 1, the applicability of the teachings of WORDPERFECT to
this claim is even clearer and stronger.
The correlation of the teachings and showings of WORDPERFECT
to the features of independent claims 1 and 29 on appeal as it
begins at the bottom of page 10 of the answer indicates to us
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