Appeal No. 1996-2581
Application No. 08/288,139
claims 8, 13, 26, and 27 based on Barstow, Appellants assert
the Examiner’s failure to establish a prima facie case of
obviousness since all of the claim limitations are not taught
or suggested by the applied Barstow reference. In particular,
Appellants contend (Brief, pages 7 and 21) that Barstow has no
disclosure of the translation of the selection and movement of
graphical images on a viewing screen into semantic commands.
After reviewing the Barstow reference, we are in
agreement with Appellants’ position as stated in the Brief.
We note that the relevant portion of independent claim 8
recites (similar recitations appear in the other appealed
independent claims 13, 26, and 27):
7
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