Appeal No. 97-1223 Page 22
Application No. 08/147,143
aforementioned, Capps recognizes handwriting entered into a
PDA. At the time the invention was made, therefore, it would
have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art to
which the invention pertains to combine the handwriting
recognizer of Capps with the dialog boxes of Slate and the
prior art as a whole to permit entry of page numbers in
handwriting to obtain the claimed invention as specified in
claim 38. The motivation to have done so would have been to
replace a bulky keyboard with a small stylus, which is central
to the ideas of a PDA. Therefore, we find the prior art would
have suggested the page number dialog box and means for
specifying of claim 38.
Rejection of Claims 32-34
Relevant to claim 32, the examiner concludes it would
have been obvious to define a bookmark to convey the content
of the marked page using text or image so that the user has a
better idea of the information book marked and can traverse
easily to the various pages that are book marked. (Examiner’s
Answer at 9.) In response the appellants observe there is no
teaching in the references whatsoever directed at providing a
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