Appeal No. 2003-1480
Application No. 09/127,442
in a display device. According to Appellant, a plurality of
handles provided along the path are used to control a velocity of
the object in the display.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method comprising:
providing a path an object will follow in a display;
providing a plurality of handles along said path; and
controlling a velocity of said object moving on said path
using said handles.
The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting
the claims:
Watanabe et al. (Watanabe) 5,717,848 Feb. 10, 1998
Higasayama et al. (Higasayama) 5,923,561 Jul. 13, 1999
Claims 1-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Higasayama and Watanabe.
We make reference to the answer (Paper No. 11, mailed
December 31, 2002) for the Examiner’s reasoning in support of the
rejection, and to the appeal brief (Paper No. 10, filed October
9, 2002) and the reply brief (Paper No. 12, filed March 4, 2003)
for Appellant’s arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In rejecting claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the Examiner
bears the initial burden of presenting a prima facie case of
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