Appeal No. 1997-3130
Application No. 08/483,772
that are partially readable to be moved into and out of an
open folder on the display.
Claim 34 is the only independent claim on appeal, and it
reads as follows:
34. A data processing system comprising
a video display for displaying a screen view of a
reduced size image of a document which is at least
partially readable,
user input means coupled to the display for moving a
reduced sized image in the screen view,
folder means for associating a plurality of reduced
size images in a stacked arrangement having a closed
folder view within the screen view and an open
folder view within the screen view,
the folder including means responsive to the user
input means for converting the closed folder view of a
folder to an open folder view of the folder permitting
a user to move a reduced image, responsive to the user
input means, into and out of the folder while the
folder is in an open folder view.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Yoneyama et al. (Yoneyama) 4,601,003 July 15, 1986
Beard et al. (Beard) 4,899,136 Feb. 6, 1990
(filed Apr. 28,
1986)
Claims 34 through 45 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Yoneyama in view of Beard.
Reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the
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