Appeal No. 2001-0526 Page 2
Application No. 08/960,236
BACKGROUND
Appellant's invention relates to a method, apparatus, and
computer program product for providing user input to an
application using a contact-sensitive surface. An understanding
of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim
1, which is reproduced as follows:
1. A method of providing user input to an application
resident on a data processing system, the method
comprising the steps of:
contacting a contact-sensitive surface of a user
input device with an implement configured to produce a
contact point configuration including at least one
contact point;
identifying the contact point configuration;
identifying a user input mode based on the
identified contact point configuration; and
processing the at least one contact point in the
application based on the identified user input mode.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Verrier et al. (Verrier) 5,475,401 Dec. 12, 1995
Claims 1-10 and 13-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Verrier.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellant regarding the above-noted rejection,
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