Appeal No. 1997-1652
Application 07/942,971
Rubine's single hand marking gestures appear to be
similar to appellant's disclosed single gesture type user
action to change the format of an attribute of graphical
object. Rubine's teachings appear to focus on the ability of
his system to add new gestures to a system that is trainable
to recognize newly generated gestures. If the gestures of
Rubine are supposed to correspond to the graphical objects of
the disclosed and claimed invention, then the requirements of
the claims on appeal to change the format of an attribute of a
graphical object are not taught or suggested in the reference.
The term “attributes” is discussed in various contexts in
Rubine, but not in the same sense as is claimed.
Although it is difficult to discern what of Rubine
comprises the graphical object, attribute of a graphical
object and format of the attribute of the graphical object, we
and appellant agree that the reference does not teach or
suggest within 35 U.S.C. §§ 102 or 103 the selection of a
graphical object and/or an attribute of a graphical object and
selecting the format of the attribute of a graphical object to
thereby alter or change the selected attribute's format.
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