Appeal No. 2000-2148 Page 6
Application No. 08/935,704
Mashruwala would have suggested such an alternative
embodiment or other graphical means. Specifically, “[a] first
connector connecting the first icons and second icons is
displayed representing the relationship between the first and the
second class of factory objects.” Abs., ll. 6-8. The secondary
reference also discloses advantages flowing from displaying line
to represent relationships between objects. Specifically, “[o]ne
of the objects of the present invention is to provide a clear
representation of the organization of objects . . . for access
and manipulation by a user. Another object of the present
invention is to provide a system which clearly illustrates to a
user the organization. . . .” Col. 1, ll. 61-66.
Because using Mashruwala’s graphical line to represent
relationships between Hocker’s files would have provided a clear
representation of the organization of the files for access and
manipulation by a user and would have clearly illustrated to the
user the organization of the files, we find that the prior art as
a whole would have suggested combining teachings of the
references.
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