Ex parte JOHNSTON et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 2000-0146                                       Page 4           
          Application No. 08/979,069                                                  


               visible symbol is over the selected text at the                        
               source location;                                                       
                    b) zooming from a first bounding rectangle for                    
               the selected block of text at a source location to a                   
               second bounding rectangle for the selected block of                    
               text at the destination location such that the                         
               movement of the first bounding rectangle to the size                   
               and location of the second bounding rectangle at the                   
               destination location is animated.                                      
          (Appeal Br., App. A.)                                                       




               The prior art applied by the examiner in rejecting the                 
          claims follows:                                                             
               Peters et al. (“Peters”)           5,157,763           Oct.            
               20, 1992.                                                              
          Claims 20 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a) as                 
          anticipated by Peters.                                                      


                                       OPINION                                        
               After considering the record, we are persuaded that the                
          examiner erred in rejecting claims 20 and 21.   Accordingly,                
          we reverse.                                                                 










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