Appeal No. 1996-0951 Page 8
Application No. 07/880,793
In short, the claims specify that a computer displays a list
of messages that could be produced by a GUI feature selected
by a user, and the user then selecting a message therefrom.
Kodosky discloses a computer tool for modeling a process
graphically. Col. 49, ll. 6-8. Icons that reference modular
procedural units are stored in a memory library. Col. 9, ll.
27-31. A user selects and connects icons to build a diagram
of a process on the screen of a computer. Col. 3, ll. 47-55;
col. 49, ll. 14-18. The computer creates an execution
procedure that corresponds to the depicted process. The user
then assigns values for the input variables of the process.
The computer executes the procedure to produce values for the
output variables of the process. Col. 3, ll. 56-64.
The examiner failed to identify any teaching of
determining and displaying a list of messages that could be
produced by a GUI feature or selecting a message therefrom.
After a user completes his diagram of a process by selecting
and connecting icons, Kodosky’s computer creates code that
corresponds to the diagram. In contrast to the claimed
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