Appeal No. 1997-3409
Application No. 08/386,033
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. A method of displaying information in a computer
having a monitor attached thereto, comprising the steps
of:
(a) displaying a graphical representation of a first
object on the monitor of the computer;
(b) displaying a graphical representation of a
second object on the monitor of the computer overlaying and
obscuring at least a portion of the first object;
(c) altering the graphical representation of the
obscured portion of the first object to create a
vestigial representation thereof; and
(d) displaying the vestigial representation of the
obscured portion of the first object through the second
object.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Diefendorff 4,868,765 Sept. 19,
1989
Anonymous, “Method to Allow Users to Select Transparent Color
for Windows,” Research Disclosure, 206 (March 1993)
(hereinafter referred to as Gui).
Claims 1 through 8 and 17 through 38 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Diefendorff in view
of Gui.
Reference is made to the briefs (paper nos. 10 and 12)
and the answer (paper no. 11) for the respective positions of
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