Appeal No. 2000-1531
Application No. 08/897,405
The only explanation the examiner gives, at page 5 of the
answer, is that Endo’s wrapper is the command designator and
the arrow head, described at column 4, lines 52 et seq., is
the selection designator. However, Endo explains that a wrap
command “has a function to recognize the pattern element
enclosed by the closed pattern” and combining this wrapper
with an arrow head defines “the operator having the commands
to copy, magnify and reduce.” Thus, in Endo, it appears that
drawing the wrapper around a mark indicates that the mark, or
pattern element, surrounded by the closed pattern is to be
recognized. The arrow head then causes the command to “copy”
the pattern recognized by the wrapper. Thus, the wrapper and
the arrow head appear to be directed to two different
operations. If Endo is to be suggestive of the instant
claimed subject matter, for example, the wrapper would need to
indicate the function of “copy” and then the drawing of the
arrowhead, and sensing thereof, would indicate that the copy
function had been selected and the copy function would be
initiated.
The instant claimed invention requires that a command
designator indicates a function to be performed and that a
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