Appeal No. 2004-0820
Application No. 09/317,312 Page 16
In addition, because Glaser discloses that upon releasing the
mouse button within the whiteboard area, the mouse pointer icon
position is set to null, we find that Glaser does not disclose
scrolling in one computer, and upon detection of the termination
of scrolling, ascertaining which part of the document is being
displayed by the computer, and after said ascertainment,
transmitting to the other computers data which enables them to
display said part of the document. Thus, the issue becomes
whether any of appellant's claims 1, 2, 4-7, and 11-15 are
written so broadly that they read on Glaser in a manner
unintended by appellant.
With respect to claim 1, we find that from the position
taken by the examiner, that the examiner considers a computer
event in the whiteboard area, including the use of the vertical
and horizontal scrolling bars to meet the claimed "detecting, in
one computer, the occurrence of scrolling through a document."
Although we find, as noted by appellant (brief, page 12) that
Glaser discloses the scrolling bars to be on the edges of the
whiteboard, we find no disclosure that the scrolling bars are
within the whiteboard area and are detected as movements of the
mouse within the whiteboard. However, as explained, supra, we
find that the scrolling bars of Glaser may be used to control the
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