Appeal No. 1998-1388 Page 4
Application No. 08/357,678
Claim 13, which is representative for our purposes,
follows:
13. A computer-implemented method for manipulating
viewable objects on a display screen of a computer apparatus,
said method comprising the step of:
moving a position identifier via a specialized path into
a specialized region on said display screen, said specialized
region being associated with at least one of said viewable
objects, said specialized path being contained within said
specialized region.
The references relied on in rejecting the claims follow:
Kerr et al. (Kerr) 5,227,771 Jul. 13, 1993
Goldman et al. (Goldman) 5,485,569 Jan. 16, 1996
(filing May 4,
1994).
Claims 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, and 21
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated by
Goldman. Claims 4, 6, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, and 22 stand
rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Goldman in view of Kerr.
Rather than repeat the arguments of the appellants or examiner
in toto, we refer the reader to the brief and answer for the
respective details thereof.
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