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          Appeal No. 2002-1971                                                         
          Application 09/020,668                                                       

                         (e) displaying the first set of filtered                      
                    information elements in the first lens; and                        
                         (f) displaying the second set of filtered                     
                    information elements in the second lens.                           

               The examiner relies on the following references:                        
               Rowe et al. (Rowe)       5,819,301     October 6, 1998                  
               Lucas et al. (Lucas)     6,012,072     January 4, 2000                  
          (filed January 5, 1996)                                                      
               Acrobat Reader 3.0 screen capture, Adobe, pp. 1-3, 1996.                
               WordPerfect 6.1 screen capture, Corel, Fig. 1 and p. 1,                 
               April 15, 1996.                                                         
               Claims 15-17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as                 
          being anticipated by Lucas.                                                  
               Claims 65, 83-88, 90, 91, 93, and 95 stand rejected under               
          35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Lucas.                         
               Claims 18, 20, 89, and 94 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                
          § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Lucas, Rowe, and Acrobat                 
          Reader.                                                                      
               Claim 92 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being              
          unpatentable over Lucas and WordPerfect.                                     
               We refer to the non-final rejection (Paper No. 28) (pages               
          referred to as "R__") and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 30)               
          (pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the examiner's              
          rejection, and to the supplemental appeal brief (Paper No. 29)               
          (pages referred to as "Br__") for a statement of appellant's                 
          arguments thereagainst.                                                      
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