Appeal No. 2004-0324
Application 09/387,350
On the other hand, the examiner asserts at page 4 that Dell
teaches a text entry box that displays a list of predefined entry
options upon selection of the field prior to the text being
entered as indicated in Figure 1 in the second page of Dell. The
selection itself requires only the use and operation of a mouse.
As argued by the examiner on page 10 of the answer, this portion
of Dell clearly indicates that a box is present into which text
is entered by a selection function via a mouse or otherwise from
a drop down box. The examiner appears to be referring to the
"click here" box to the top right corner of page 1 of Dell as
detailed in a drop down fashion to the right center of the second
page of the Dell reference.
To simplify our consideration of the arguments and the
teachings of Dell, we broadly consider the examiner's noted
portion of the Dell reference as teaching a text entry field to
the extent broadly recited in representative independent claim 1
on appeal. On the other hand, we do not agree with the
examiner's conclusion of unpatentability even if we consider that
all three references were properly combinable within 35 U.S.C.
§ 103. The ability of the user to select a state such as shown
in the second page of Dell associated with its labeled Figure 1
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