Appeal No. 1998-3134 Page 4
Application No. 08/437,225
1. A graphical user interface for a computer, said
interface including graphical objects that are
displayed on a monitor of the computer and that are
accessed by users to control the operation of the
computer, said interface comprising a plurality of
definitions stored in a memory that are respectively
associated with said graphical objects, each of said
definitions stored in said memory comprising a
hierarchical set of software code modules,
including:
a first code module at one level of the
hierarchy which defines the structural relationship
of elements that constitute a displayed image of the
graphical object; and
a second code module at a lower level of the
hierarchy which depends from said first code module,
said second code module defining an appearance for
each of the elements in the image of the graphical
object to be displayed on the monitor.
The reference relied on in rejecting the claims follows:
Southerton, Programmer's Guide to Presentation
Manager 205-10 (1989).
Claims 1-13 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a) and (b)
as anticipated by, or under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over,
Southerton. Rather than repeat the arguments of the
appellants or examiner in toto, we refer the reader to the
briefs and answers for the respective details thereof.
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