Appeal No. 2002-0883
Application No. 08/759,899
"displaying images on said face, each image associated with a
respective desktop" and "changing desktops responsive to user
interaction with said faces" as required by Appellants' claim 1.
Appellants further argue that Goh fails to teach or suggest
similar language recited in all the remaining independent claims.
See pages 8 and 9 of the appeal brief. Appellants agree that Goh
discloses a computer having a single desktop with a graphical
user interface that allows the user of the computer to view more
icons on the six surfaces of the cube than possible with a
standard two-dimensional window. However, Appellants argue that
Goh does not teach that the windows 104 of each of the faces of
the cube represent a desktop. Appellants argue that Goh teaches
a graphical user interface having up to six work spaces which may
be displayed simultaneously on a rotating cube. See pages 2 and
3 of the reply brief.
We find that Goh does teach that
Figure 1 depicts the display of a typical graphical
user interface. The display screen is filled with a
background 102 called the "desktop." Superimposed on
desktop 102 are a number of rectangular graphical
objects 104 called "windows." A window 104 is a framed
user work space, which can be manipulated independent
of that portion of the display screen outside the
frame. See column 3, lines 52-57.
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