Appeal No. 1996-3706
Application 07/854,921
subsidiary presentation of data, defined by ... a user
selected subsidiary presentation format ..." (emphasis added).
We agree with Appellant that Conrad does not disclose the
limitation of the accessing criteria being a user selected
subsidiary presentation format. We do not agree with the
Examiner that this is taught as being a feature of the linked
list, or by events in other data fields being coded. The
disclosure of Conrad is
devoid of any disclosure that accessing criteria include a
user selected subsidiary presentation format.
In regard to claim 34, we note that section d. of
this claim requires a relationship of dependent variables to
independent variables as claimed. We again agree with
Appellant that there is no suggestion or recognition by Conrad
of independent and dependent variables or relationships
between the variables as recited in this claim. Even if the
Examiner's allegation that it was common knowledge that graphs
and charts display relationships between independent and
dependent variables is accepted as fact, this does not provide
a disclosure of the claimed requisite means for mutually
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