Appeal No. 1998-3126 8
Application No. 08/479,569
user then presses key F1 see a description of the menu item. For
example, to request help information regarding the "View" menu
item, a user would select "View" on the menu bar using the
keyboard, and then press key F1 to see a description of the item
"View."
We agree with the examiner (answer, page 4) that the help
key remains selected after being pressed as evidenced by the
presence of the help screen, and that when the function is then
selected, both the help key F1 and the function are simulta-
neously selected. We likewise find that when the keyboard is
used to select an item on a menu, the item remains selected, and
pressing F1 to see a description of the item provides a
simultaneous selection of both items, because if an item were
selected and then unselected, pressing F1 would not produce a
description of the item.
We additionally agree with the examiner (answer, page 11)
that "the claims call for simultaneity of selection rather than
[simultaneous] initiation of selection." Claim 54 as drafted,
does not require that the help key is pressed at the same time as
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