Appeal No. 1998-2674
Application 08/329,724
in a selected relative position with respect to the pointing
portion." It is argued that the term "relative position"
has a known meaning to those of ordinary skill in the art
and is defined as follows: "A point defined with reference
to another position, either fixed or moving; the coordinates
of such a point are usually bearing, true or relative, and
distance from an identified reference point." McGraw-Hill
Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms (3d ed. 1984).
The Examiner does not respond to the Reply Brief.
We interpret the term "selected relative position" in
the limitation that the "information portion . . . is
displayed in a selected relative position with respect to
the pointing portion," to require the information portion be
at a fixed (selected) position relative to the pointing
portion. That is, the information portion location must
move in lock step with the pointing portion location to
remain in a "selected relative position" with respect
thereto. If claim 1 did not include the word "selected,"
the Examiner may have had a point because a "relative
position" alone specifies no particular relationship and can
include the relative position of a moving object (the
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