Ex parte HECKEL et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 96-1928                                                          
          Application 07/504,679                                                      


          first and second string displayed in the same positions as                  
          displayed in step (b).                                                      

               The following references are relied on by the examiner:                
          Heckel                        4,486,857                Dec. 4,              
          1984                                                                        
                                                  (filed Oct. 6, 1982)                
          Vincent et al. (Vincent)           4,645,238                Feb.            
          24, 1987                                                                    
                                                  (filed Apr. 21, 1983)               
          LisaList Manual, Apple Computer, Inc.             (Copyright                
          1983)                                                                       
               In accordance with the supplemental examiner's answer,                 
          Paper No. 53, dated March 6, 1996, and the additional                       
          communication from the examiner identified as Paper No. 64,                 
          dated June 16, 1998, any and all outstanding rejections under               
          35 U.S.C. § 251 of the claims on appeal have been withdrawn by              
          the examiner.                                                               
               Of those claims listed earlier in this opinion believed                
          by us to be the claims on appeal, the examiner has set forth                
          rejections of each of them under 35 U.S.C. § 103.      The                  
          examiner considers the following claims obvious in light of                 
          the teachings of Vincent and Heckel: claims 1, 2, 6, 12, 15,                
          16, 18, 20, 23, 24, 27, 75, 81, 95, 98, 99, 102, 103, 104,                  
          105, 111-113, 120, 121, 141 and 142.  To reject the following               

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