Appeal No. 97-2477
Application 08/212,908
paths as defined by the appellant. Furthermore, the examiner
has not explained how or whether such data path information
and control path information are merged in Watkins or both
included in a defined attribute for a descriptor icon. As a
whole, the examiner’s position is largely disjointed and does
not put together a persuasive case for prima facie
obviousness. Note further that Dunn and Watkins are separate
prior art references and the examiner has not put forth
sufficient reasons to combine their teachings insofar as the
claim features of data paths and control paths are concerned.
The appellant has also set forth a facially plausible
explanation as to why the state table 318 in Watkins is not
attributable to any particular icon and why data path and
control path information in Watkins do not appear to be merged
or both included as an attribute of an icon. With regard to
those arguments of the appellant, the examiner has provided no
answer. It should also be noted that claim 1 requires the use
of a pull-down menu which is activated by icons which have
been placed upon a graphical display to define a list of
attributes to the icons. No such pull-down menu in the
applied prior art has been properly identified by the
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