Appeal No. 1996-1418
Application No. 08/247,521
Claim 1 recites that plural characters and their
corresponding character kind identifiers are to be displayed
together. Appellant contends (Brief, page 4) that in APA as
shown in Figure 21 "clearly characters and their corresponding
identifiers are not displayed together, nor are plural
identifiers displayed." The examiner responds (Answer, page
5) that recognized characters and character kind information
for the recognized characters are
displayed together since the information is
displayed on the same tablet display and displayed
at the same time. The conventional display system
illustrated in claim [sic, Figure] 21 displays a
plurality of characters and their character kind
identifiers since when the user wants to view the
kind information for any of the displayed
characters, he simply moves the cursor to that
displayed character and that character and
corresponding kind information are displayed
together.
We agree with the examiner that plural characters are
displayed and that for any character displayed the character
kind identifier can be displayed together therewith. However,
only one identifier can be displayed at any given time.
Therefore, plural characters and the corresponding plural
identifiers are not displayed together, as required by claim
1. "It is axiomatic that anticipation of a claim under § 102
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