Appeal No. 2004-0468
Application 09/754,555
touch screen, a mouse click event is generated. Appellants’
specification at page 3, lines 15-16, and page 4, lines 15-21.
Claim 1 is representative of the claimed invention and is
reproduced as follows:
1. A method comprising:
receiving touch information from a touch screen;
converting said touch information into mouse commands; and
detecting the cessation of contact with the touch screen and
generating a mouse click event in response to the detection of
the cessation of contact.
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Tannenbaum et al. (Tannenbaum) 5,252,951 Oct. 12, 1993
Mikan 5,428,367 Jun. 27, 1995
Rejections At Issue
Claims 1-4, 6-10, and 12-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being obvious over the combination of Mikan and
Tannenbaum.
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