Appeal No. 2002-0638
Application 08/932,239
§ 103 and embellish upon the examiner's findings here.
Appellant's arguments treat independent claims 25 and 31
together. As such, we consider only independent claim 25 as
representative. Correspondingly, dependent claims 32 and 33
are argued by appellant collectively as well.
In considering the subject matter of independent claim 25
on appeal, we note initially that there is no display recited in
this method claim for which scroll bars are said to be useable in
a three dimensional virtual world. Claim 25 does not require a
single scroll bar because of the use of the word comprising in
that it merely recites "a scroll bar." Additionally, the
selective referencing occurs in the alternative to a coordinate
system for the virtual world of the preamble (stated to be a
three dimensional virtual world) OR "to a coordinate system for a
camera location." This latter recitation is not stated in the
claim to be in the context of a three dimensional virtual world
of the preamble in the same manner that is alternatively recited.
Thus, the examiner's position in its most simplest aspect, is
only required to meet one of the alternatives recited. Further-
more, the recitation of the three dimensional world is inclusive
of prior art utilizations of scroll bars referenced in two
dimensional worlds plus time as the third dimension as well as
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