Ex parte KAHL et al. - Page 2




              Appeal No. 96-1317                                                                                         
              Application 08/250,302                                                                                     



                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                     Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims                 
              7, 11 to 13, 17, 18 and 20 to 24, which constitute all the claims remaining in the                         
              application.                                                                                               
                     Representative claim 7 is reproduced below:                                                         
                     7.  A method of presenting a monthly calendar view of an electronic calendar in a                   
              computer system having a display screen, comprising the steps of:                                          
                     displaying a two dimensional pictorial representation of a monthly scheduling                       
              calendar in which a first dimension segments time by weeks of a month and a second                         
              dimension which segments time by days of a week, said representation displayed on a                        
              single display screen panel in order to allow a user to see all days in a month                            
              simultaneously;                                                                                            
                     displaying textual information comprising at least a start time and an event summary                
              for any event scheduled on any day on said monthly scheduling calendar; and                                
                     interactively editing said information directly on said monthly scheduling calendar                 
              without opening any other display screen panels.                                                           

                     The following references are relied on by the examiner:                                             
              Fersko-Weiss, PackRat (PackRat), PC Magazine, 11/27/98, p. 414                                             
              Symantec, TIME LINE User Manual (TIME LINE), 1990, pages 5-3 to 5-5, 5-14, 6-2 to 6-6,                     
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