Appeal No. 1996-2581 Application No. 08/288,139 of the images on the viewing screen, each of the semantic commands identifying an entity being operated on, where identification of the entity is independent of location of the images on the viewing screen, and command processor process for receiving the semantic commands from the action processor and for executing the semantic commands; and recording means for receiving first semantic commands executed by a first command processor from the plurality of application processes, and for recording the first semantic commands in a file, the first semantic commands, after being recorded in the file, giving a history of semantic commands previously executed by the first command processor process. The Examiner relies on the following prior art: Barstow et al. (Barstow) 4,827,404 May 02, 1989 (filed Apr. 14, 1986) Claims 8-11, 13, 14, 26, and 27 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Barstow. Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the Examiner, reference is made to the Brief (Paper No. 31) and Answer (Paper No. 32) for the respective details. OPINION We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejection advanced by the Examiner, and the 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007