Appeal No. 1997-2895 Application 08/280,341 processing the information being displayed on the display devices at each of said plurality of other workstations to produce data relating to a reduced-size reproduction of the information being displayed; transmitting said reduced-size reproduction data to said control workstation; storing the reduced-size reproduction data received from each of said plurality of other workstations at said control workstation; and simultaneously displaying a reduced-size reproduction of the information displayed at each of said other workstations at respective locations on the display device for said control workstation. The Examiner relies on the following references: Stefik et al. (Stefik) 4,974,173 Nov. 27, 1990 Abrahamson et al.(Abrahamson) 5,002,491 Mar. 26, 1991 Piovoso et al. (Piovoso) 5,294,998 Mar. 15, 1994 Claims 1, 7, 16, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26 and 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 over Stefik. Claims 6, 10 to 13, 27, 28 and 30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Stefik. Claims 2 to 5, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22 and 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Stefik in view of Piovoso. Claims 8 to 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Stefik and Abrahamson. -3-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007