Appeal No. 2004-0644
Application No. 09/222,209
defined by appellants. We do find that the first line of page 11 additionally states “the
structure, e.g. lists, lists with sublists, two-dimensional tables or arrays, etc. can be
altered in the text domain using the keyboard, etc.” yet no specific definition of the term
“structure” has been identified by appellants. (Emphasis added.) The examiner
maintains that Capps’ implementation refers to capturing, interpreting, and manipulating
“text, graphics and data objects.” (See answer at page 11.) We agree with the
examiner that Capps discloses the basics of capturing, interpreting, and manipulating
text, graphics and data objects which we find would include importing the data from the
device; segmenting the data; interpreting a structure of the text, graphics and data
objects; selectively editing the structure; and selectively transcribing the text, graphics
and data objects into an editable text format wherein the structure would be the overall
combination of the objects. (See Capps at columns 8-9 and Fig. 3.) Appellants argue
that Capps does not disclose the organization or even the existence of such structured
elements. (See brief at page 4.) We disagree with appellants.
While Capps does not specifically address FGE’s, he does disclose manipulation
of text and objects. Therefore, we agree with the examiner that it would have been
obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to incorporate the
methodology of Capps into the system of Moran1. Moreover, we find that Moran1 also
teaches the analysis of the “implicit structures” and manipulation of FGE’s then a
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