Appeal No. 97-0642
Application 08/242,318
line 8)" (Br15). As discussed, supra, Sklarew discloses
initiating conversion by pressing the "MATCH" softkey
(figures 12D and 12E; col. 12, lines 41-63) and discloses that
editing functions can be performed either with a softkey or a
gesture (col. 10, lines 47-53). This would have suggested to
one of ordinary skill in the art of designing interfaces for
pen-based computers that other functions, such as the
conversion function, could be initiated by either a
handwritten symbol (gesture) or a key selection. In our
opinion, it would have been obvious to use a gesture to
initiate the conversion process instead of a softkey selection
in view of the teachings of Sklarew as a whole.
Appellant argues that Sklarew teaches only editing
gestures (Br13). This argument fails to account for what the
editing gestures would have suggested to one of ordinary skill
in the art. In our opinion, one of ordinary skill in the art
had sufficient knowledge and experience to recognize that
stylus gestures could be used to initiate other functions and
commands, such as a conversion function.
Appellant argues that "the Examiner's position seems to
imply that the patent to Sklarew suggests using a pen gesture
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