Appeal No. 2001-1070
Application No. 08/678,781
Claim 15 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
15. A computer workstation including:
means for storing and displaying an electronic
sheet, said electronic sheet being logically divided
into a set of cells, each said cell being able to
contain no more than a single character;
means to enable a user to select a portion of said
electronic sheet, said portion comprising at least one
said cell; and
means, responsive to a user input, for editing
said selected portion of said electronic sheet.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Torres 5,040,131 Aug. 13, 1991
Bates et al. (Bates) EP 0 550 374 A2 Jul. 7, 1993
(Published European Patent Application)
Claim 15 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Torres.
Claims 1 through 14 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Bates in view of Torres.
Reference is made to the brief (paper number 10) and the
answer (paper number 11) for the respective positions of the
appellants and the examiner.
2
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007