Appeal No. 96-3301
Application 08/176,603
displays a user interface, and which access occurs from outside
of the user interface environment." The arguments are supported
by limitations in representative claim 1, which recites a user
interface environment, "said user interface environment being
structured and arranged to display a user interface on a display
that is connected to said computer," where an object outside of
the user interface, but within the operating system, makes a
request to use a function in the user interface environment, the
function is performed in the user interface environment, and the
result is provided to the object.
The examiner states (Examiner's Answer, page 5):
In response, examiner interprets the "user interface
environment" as another object located inside the object
oriented environment as described by Davidson, which object
provides functions accessible by other objects located
outside thereof.
We are not persuaded by the examiner's reasoning which ignores
that the "user interface environment" is claimed as follows:
"said user interface environment being structured and arranged to
display a user interface on a display that is connected to said
computer" (claim 1); or "said user interface environment
displaying a user interface on a display that is connected to
said computer" (claim 8).
"Objects" are abstract entities in an object-oriented system
that encapsulate all the procedures and data related to
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