Appeal No. 2004-0468
Application 09/754,555
Tannenbaum at column 13, lines 14-20, teaches detecting a
cessation of contact with a touch screen must generate a mouse
click event. Appellants’ argue at page 3 of the reply brief that
“the possibility still exists, however, that the detection of
cessation of contact with a touch screen may not map to such a
mouse-equivalent command”. Appellants have provided no basis in
Tannenbaum or elsewhere for this contention. Without some
indication by the Appellants of their basis for this argument,
the argument is mere speculation given the plain meaning of
column 13 of Tannenbaum and as such this argument is
unpersuasive.
We find that the Examiner has met the initial burden of
establishing a prima facie case of obviousness. We further find
that the Appellants have not presented a sufficient showing to
overcome this prima facie case. Therefore, we will sustain the
Examiner’s rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Conclusion
In view of the foregoing discussion, we have sustained the
rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 of claims 1-4, 6-10, and 12-15.
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