Appeal No. 1999-1598
Application 08/668,656
"responding to user selection of the display task icon by
executing the sequence of application program data operations
on the data files." Nevertheless, we briefly address the
limitation.
The Examiner finds that Rothfield teaches "responding to
user selection of the display task icon 10 by initiating
execution of the application program data operations on the
data files 2a (see col 4-5, lines 5-60 and figures 1-2)"
(FR2). Icon 10 represents the name ("dept salaries") of the
aggregate node 2a in Fig. 2. It does appear that selecting a
node in Fig. 2 and the Browse Table 9b command of Fig. 1B
causes the operation to be executed because the data is
represented in a dialog box as shown in Fig. 11 (col. 7,
lines 25-27). However, the icon does not represent "a
sequence of application program data operations" because it
only represents a single operation. Therefore, the Examiner
erred in finding that Rothfield discloses the step of
"responding to user selection of the display task icon by
executing the sequence of application program data operations
on the data files."
CONCLUSION
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