Appeal No. 97-1223 Page 24
Application No. 08/147,143
Relevant to claim 33, the examiner notes Capps teaches
scroll buttons 66a and 66b. (Examiner’s Answer at 5.) We
find the references would not have suggested the button of
claim 33. The claim recites in pertinent part “the navigation
dialog box includes a button which when selected changes the
current page to the page that had most recently been displayed
before the current page.”
Comparison of the claim language to the references’
teachings evidences the references would not have suggested
the claimed button. Capps scroll buttons are not located in a
navigation dialog box. The references would not have
suggested such a location. For the foregoing reasons, the
examiner failed to show the references would have suggested
the button of claim 33. Accordingly, we find the examiner’s
rejection of this claim does not amount to a prima facie case
of obviousness.
Regarding claim 34, the examiner rejects the claim under
the same rationale used to reject claims 1-13 and 39.
(Examiner’s Answer at 7.) We find the references would not
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