Appeal No. 1996-2046
Application 07/978,450
would have been motivated to modify programs or apparatus
designed exclusively for the Macintosh computer system to have
a pen and tablet input as used by Saki and animated icons as
taught by Brewer. We can see no enhancement to the Macintosh
computer system by attempting to incorporate disparate features
from Saki or Brewer.
We also agree with appellant that the combination of
Field, Saki and Brewer does not meet all the limitations of
claim 15 anyway. Claim 15 requires that a sequence of pages be
displayed and that a first page and a last page be designated
from this sequence of pages [means (e)-(g)]. Neither Field or
Saki designates pages in this manner. Claim 15 also requires
that a sequence of images be displayed in response to the
starting of the predetermined process. As noted by appellant,
Brewer simulates animation only with continuous movement of the
cursor and does not control the display means to display a
sequence of images representing a selected process to be
performed on a sequence of pages.
In summary, we agree with appellant that the invention
as recited in independent claim 15 is not suggested by the
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