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          Appeal No. 97-2538                                                          
          Application 08/280,907                                                      

               object in said template area pane from said at least                   
               one template object, wherein said new template                         
               object has the attributes of the specific object                       
               class.                                                                 
                    12.  An apparatus for enhancing template                          
               manipulation and creation in a graphical user                          
               interface, comprising:                                                 
               a processor;                                                           
               user controls;                                                         
               a display device;                                                      

               means for controlling said processor to display a                      
               template area pane on said display device, wherein                     
               said template area pane displays only template                         
               objects and creates template objects from any object                   
               copied into said template area pane;                                   
               said user controls for copying at least one template                   
               object from said template area pane into an empty                      
               space in said template area pane; and                                  
               in response to copying the at least one template                       
               object of a specific object class into said template                   
               area pane, said specific object class having                           
               attributes, means for controlling said processor to                    
               automatically create and display at least one new                      
               template object from said at least one template                        
               object in said template area pane, wherein said new                    
               template object has the attributes of the specific                     
               object class.                                                          

                                     DISCUSSION                                       
               The rejection cannot be sustained.                                     


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