Ex parte STEARNS et al. - Page 4




          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                     

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