Appeal No. 1999-0409
Application 08/425,741
apparatus.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method of providing text data for display in a
processor controlled apparatus comprising:
(a) storing data defining a text character in a
memory, in packed monochrome bit map form,
(b) addressing the memory to read the text character
data,
(c) providing the text character in packed form to a
graphics processor circuit,
(d) performing a bitblt operation on each bit of the
packed form of text character while providing a color
attribute, and
(e) storing the packed text character having a color
attribute for subsequent display.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Guttag et al. (Guttag) 5,522,082 May 28, 1996
(filed Oct. 23, 1992)
Morse et al. (Morse) 5,590,260 Dec. 31, 1996
(filed Dec. 30, 1993)
The admitted prior art.
Claims 1-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As
evidence of obviousness the examiner offers the admitted prior
art in view of Guttag and Morse.
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