Appeal No. 2004-1045
Application 09/282,129
motion (col. 15, lines 36-38). Release of the mouse button when
the arrow is displayed causes the window to appear to fling
to the plane pointed to by the selection arrow (col. 15,
lines 40-48).
The examiner argues that Horvitz’s method for changing a
currently visible two-dimensional window to display as a three-
dimensional window “comprises swinging two-dimensional window to
said three-dimensional window display in response to user
selection of one frame edge of said two dimensional window with
said pointing indicator (column 14, lines 51-65 and column 24,
lines 20-27)” (answer, page 4). The first of these portions of
Horvitz describes changing a two-dimensional window to display as
a three-dimensional window using the above-discussed perspective-
transform right button. The second of these portions does not
pertain to how the three-dimensional window is obtained. Thus,
these portions do not disclose selecting a frame edge or swinging
the two-dimensional window.
The examiner argues that “the title bar (Manager of
figure 3) which contains the buttons (66), (68) is considered as
one frame edge of the plurality of selectable frame edges of two
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