Appeal No. 1998-0631
Application 07/957,990
The Examiner relies on the admitted prior art (APA) at
page 7, lines 2-4, of the specification, and on the
following prior art:
Parker 3,612,240 October 12,
1971
Johnson et al. (Johnson) 5,056,057 October
8, 1991
John et al. (John) 1,330,742 September 19,
1973
(United Kingdom patent application)
The Human Factor In Computers, IBM Technical Disclosure
Bulletin, Vol. 30, No. 1, June 1987, pp. 478-80
(hereinafter "Human Factor").
Claims 2-8, 17-23, 31-44, 99-112, and 121-134 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as failing
to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject
matter which the applicant regards as his invention because
the Examiner and Appellant do not agree on whether the
claims read on the species elected in a restriction
requirement. See Manual of Patent Examining Procedure
(MPEP) § 821 (5th ed., Rev. 14, Nov. 1992).2
Claims 1, 9, 10, 12, 14-16, 24-30, 45-47, 97, 98,
113-120, 135-140, and 206-211 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
The provisions of MPEP § 821 are substantially2
identical in the 7th edition, July 1998.
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