Appeal No. 2004-0945
Application No. 09/605,929
first and the second frames (answer, page 4). The Examiner
further asserts that using the first command, scroll 500a of Onda
is used to scroll frame 300a to its end as a second command is
used to scroll a second frame 300b using scroll 500b while the
scrolling of the first frame is stopped (answer, page 5).
We find the Examiner’s arguments presented in the answer,
which is a departure from the position stated in the final
rejection (paper 5, mailed April 9, 2003),1 unconvincing and
based on an unreasonable claim interpretation. Onda relates to
scrolling different windows displaying parts of vertically long
data wherein the display windows may be scrolled synchronously in
the horizontal direction, but not in vertical direction (abstract
and col. 15, lines 23-32). We agree with Appellants that none of
the horizontal scrolls 400a, 400b and 400c, although
synchronously scrolled, continues scrolling while stopping the
other frames since the widows show different rows of the same
data and reach their end (the rightmost column) at the same time
(Figure 12). Therefore, even considering the arguments the
Examiner made in the final rejection, scrolling neither of the
1 “Given the scenario that the frames are scrolled horizontally, it is
clear in Onda’s reference that the scrolling of the frames is stopped when
their beginnings or ends are displayed. It is not logical to continue the
scrolling of the other frames, since the frames have already reached their
beginnings or ends.” (Final rejection, pages 4 & 5.)
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