Appeal No. 1997-4354
Application 08/177,296
window 14 is designated when a pointer is used to define a
porthole area therein (column 5, lines 14-22). A representation
of a desired feature within the selected area of window 14 is
displayed in porthole 16 and the graphical user interface element
12 is restored when it is brought back to the top of the display.
We agree with the examiner that the above subject matter of the
claim is anticipated by Diefendorff.
However, the last paragraph of claim 1 requires “displaying
said user-selected representation within said selected area within
said graphical user interface element of said window whenever said
window is open”. The reference does not meet this recitation
because it is not established that the user-selected
representation in porthole 16 is disclosed as displayed within
element 12 whenever said window is open. The disclosure at column
5, lines 25-27, of Diefendorff which
is relied on by the examiner to meet this limitation does not
establish that the user-selected representation is displayed more
than once and the examiner has provided no rationale why the
display of the type claimed would occur whenever window 14 is
opened.
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