Appeal No. 1996-3706
Application 07/854,921
perform logical operations and using the result of the logical
operation to access the second presentation are not disclosed
or suggested by the reference. We do not agree. Conrad
discloses the use of plural colors (red, green and blue) to26
designate data fields in a display, and specifically discloses
that different color regions may overlap so that one or more
data events may have a combination of colors. Dual color
combinations are disclosed to provide yellow, cyan and violet,
and if all colors are associated with data events, the
combined color is white. In addition, Conrad discloses that 27
access to these corresponding data events in the other fields
carries with it the color coding of the identified data events
within the region of the data field and all corresponding data
events in remaining data fields 24, 26, 28, 30 and 32 appear
on the screen in the same color. Thus, the combination of the
base colors performs a logical "AND" operation between the
first and second subset of data points, and the
26Column 9, lines 45-64; Figure 5
27Column 9, lines 2-16
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