Appeal No. 1996-0951 Page 9
Application No. 07/880,793
invention, the reference omits an intermediate step of
displaying and selecting messages.
The examiner erred in reading the claimed limitations on
Kodosky’s icons. We appreciate the Examiner’s explanation
that procedures represented by icons may exchange data
representing voltage changes or levels. (Examiner’s Answer at
8.) This exchange, however, does not amount to determining
and displaying a list of messages that could be produced by a
GUI feature and selecting a message therefrom.
For the foregoing reasons, we cannot find that Kodosky
teaches the claimed messages. The absence of the claimed
element from the reference negates anticipation. Therefore,
we reverse the rejection of claims 1, 2, 4, and 20-22 under 35
U.S.C. § 102.
CONCLUSION
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