Appeal No. 97-2538
Application 08/280,907
(filed on May 10,
1994)
Fleming 5,392,389 Feb.
21, 1995
(filed on Jun. 30,
1994)
Bloomfield et al. (Bloomfield ‘710) 5,461,710 Oct. 24,
1995
The Rejections on Appeal
Claims 1-10 and 12-21 stand finally rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Bloomfield ‘710,
Bloomfield ‘911, and Fleming.
The Invention
The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for
enhancing template object manipulation and creation. Claims 1
and 12 are the only independent claims and are reproduced
below:
1. A method for controlling a computer system,
having at least a display, user controls, and
processor, to enhance template object manipulation
and creation, comprising the computer-implemented
steps of:
displaying a template area pane on said display,
wherein said template area pane displays only
template objects and creates template objects from
any object copied into said template area pane; and
in response to copying at least one template object
of a specific object class from said template area
pane into an empty space within said template area
pane, said specific object class having attributes,
automatically creating at least one new template
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