Appeal No. 2001-0522
Application No. 08/887,830
BACKGROUND
The invention is directed to an interactive data processor controlled display
interface wherein the user may select a plurality of objects (tools) and combine the tools
into a combination tool which simultaneously performs the combined interactive
functions of the individual tools. Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A user interactive data processor controlled display system comprising:
means for displaying a plurality of selectable user interactive objects for
respectively performing interactive graphical functions, the results of said
functions being displayed,
means for designating a set of said objects for combination into a single
object,
means for combining the designated objects into a single combination
object having an image representative of the combined graphical functions, and
user interactive means for activating said combination object to perform
said combined graphical functions.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Kojima et al. (Kojima) 5,566,295 Oct. 15, 1996
(filed Sep. 28, 1990)
Claims 1-3, 5-9, 11-15, and 17-21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being
anticipated by Kojima.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 7) and the Examiner’s Answer (Paper
No. 11) for a statement of the examiner’s position and to the Brief (Paper No. 10) and
the Reply Brief (Paper No. 12) for appellants’ position with respect to the claims which
stand rejected.
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