Appeal No. 1999-1604
Application 08/741,419
to include the graphical resource editor of Swanson in the
invention of Tonouchi because it allows a user to dynamically
set the resource of a widget at runtime.
In response to Appellants’ argument that Swanson does not
teach a widget that sets its own resources, the Examiner
cites Swanson’s statement that the “graphical resource23
editor provides users with the capability to access
application resources and selectively modify the resources to
change one or more attributes of an application’s graphical
user interface.” Thus, the Examiner asserts that Swanson
teaches the use of a graphical resource editor, which
represents the widget, to modify the resources of the widget,
wherein the widget represents a window, being the
application’s graphical interface.
In response to Appellants’ argument that Swanson does not
teach a widget that sets its own resources to one or more
invocations of arbitrary functions, the Examiner cites24
23Column 6, lines 54-57.
24Answer, page 9.
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