Ex parte BENDER et al. - Page 3




         Appeal No. 1998-1853                                                      
         Application No. 08/397,292                                                


              chapter 1, pp. 5-8, and 38 (1993). (Windows™)                        




              Claims 1, 13, 25, 30 and 31 stand rejected under 35                  
         U.S.C.                                                                    
         § 103 as being unpatentable over Dworkin and Maki.  Claims 2,             
         3, 14, 16, 26 and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as              
         being unpatentable over Dworkin, Maki and Quentin, while claim            
         5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable             
         over Dworkin, Maki and Windows™.                                          
              Rather than repeat the positions and the arguments of                
         appellants and the examiner, we make reference to the briefs1             
         and the answer for their respective positions.                            
                                     OPINION                                       
              We have considered the rejections advanced by the                    
         examiner.  We have, likewise, reviewed appellants’ arguments              
         against the rejections as set forth in the briefs.  It is our             
         view that the rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are not proper.            
         Accordingly, we reverse.                                                  

              1A reply brief was filed (paper no. 18), which was considered and    
         entered by the examiner without any further response.  (See paper no. 20.)
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