Appeal No. 96-3260 Page 3
Application No. 08/134,214
reformatted, and subsequently removing said object breaks from
between said objects in response to said indication; and
reformatting said objects without said removed object
breaks.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Forcier 5,220,649 Jun. 15, 1993
Baumgarten et al., Using WordPerfect 5.1, Que Corporation,
1989, pp. 72-75, 80, 82, 89-90, 115, 305-343, 487, 490, 571-
577, 693.
Claims 1 through 20 and 24 through 26 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. 103 as unpatentable over Baumgarten in view of
Forcier.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
Turning first to claims 1 through 8, we will not sustain
the rejection of these claims as we agree with appellants that
neither of the applied references suggests “providing a
border...surrounding said objects...said border being buffered
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007