Ex parte SHWARTS et al. - Page 18




          Appeal No. 97-1223                                        Page 18           
          Application No. 08/147,143                                                  


               a browser represented by a browser window displayed                    
               on the display means, the browser window listing a                     
               plurality of subjects describing sections of the                       
               contents of the electronic book, wherein the first                     
               page of a section described by a subject is selected                   
               when that subject is selected from the browser                         
               window.      (Amendment A at 7.)                                       

               The references would have suggested the claimed browser.               
          Soviero’s notepad screen is a browser window for the entire                 
          contents of its PDA, i.e., the PDA’s electronic book.  A                    
          plurality of subjects, e.g., Who, What, and When, are listed                
          pictorially (i.e., by icons) along the bottom of the window.                
          Who describes an address book; What describes a to-do list;                 
          and When describes a calendar.  When one of the subjects is                 
          selected from the widow, the first page of the section                      
          described by the subject is selected.  For example, pressing                
          “Who” takes a user to the first page of the address book.  P.               
          46.  One of ordinary skill in the art would have understood                 
          the dedicated function buttons 64 of Capps to operate in the                
          same manner.  Therefore, we find the references would have                  
          suggested the browser of claim 35.                                          











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