Appeal No. 1999-0081
Application No. 08/506,645
the key is deactivated, Figure 2.3 shows that the tool can be
moved in two-dimensions, viz., vertically and horizontally.
When the key is activated, however, the tool can be moved only
in one dimension, viz., either vertically or horizontally.
Specifically, “[t]he Shift key restricts the pencil’s trail to
either vertical or horizontal motion.” Id. The majority
admits as much by stating, “[t]he examiner’s statement as to
the shift key restricting the pencil’s trail to either
vertical or horizontal motion is an accurate reflection ....”
Because SuperPaint teaches a Shift key that can alter a
range of positions of the Pencil tool from two-dimensions to
one dimension, I am persuaded that the teachings of the
reference in combination with the prior art as a whole would
have suggested the claimed limitations of “picture processing
means for moving a predetermined position of video signals
within a picture based on the first and second coordinate data
when said switch is in the first state and for altering a
range of positions of the video signals within the picture
based on the one-dimensional coordinate data when the switch
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