Appeal No. 2000-1531
Application No. 08/897,405
selection designator indicates the selection of that function
and the performance of the function is initiated. We do not
find this teaching in either Bloomberg or Endo, or in the
combination thereof.
Independent claim 15 similarly requires the combination
of a command designator and a selection designator, the
selection designator indicating selection of the action
associated with the command designator. Again, we find no
such teaching or suggestion in the applied references.
Independent claims 10 and 24 do not mention the selection
designator but they do call for first and second geometric
shapes of the hand drawn marks to be determined and for
analyzing the electronic renditions to find the first
geometric shape and the second geometric “nested within the
first geometric shape.” While the examiner indicates that
“Endo discloses the details of recognizing virtual circle, arc
and other geometrical shapes,”
[answer-page 12], referring to column 4, lines 1-35, the
examiner never indicates where the claimed second geometric
shape being “nested within the first geometric shape” is
suggested by the applied references. Accordingly, the
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