Ex parte BERG et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1999-0475                                                        
          Application No. 08/402,031                                                  


          33 was newly added.  Accordingly, claims 1, 4-14, and 16-33                 
          are before us on appeal.                                                    
               The claimed invention relates to a printing system for                 
          printing documents and forms, as needed, in response to user                
          commands entered through a user interface, such as a touch                  
          screen monitor.  The documents and forms are electronically                 
          stored in memory and arranged in a plurality of libraries.  A               
          processor, responsive to the touch screen monitor and memory,               
          is connected to a printer to control printing of the selected               
          forms.  Further stored in memory is software to control the                 
          display and printing of the documents and forms without the                 
          native applications in which the documents and forms were                   
          created.                                                                    
               Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as                  
          follows:                                                                    
               1.  A printing system for printing documents and forms,                
               as needed, in response to user-entered commands,                       
               comprising:                                                            
                    a touch screen monitor for displaying information                 
               regarding the documents and forms, and user options, and               
               for entry of commands by the user,                                     
                    a memory for storing a plurality of documents and                 
               forms, said documents and forms being organized into a                 
               plurality of libraries, and for storing software to                    
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