Appeal No. 2004-1557
Application No. 09/451,942
graphical user interface. The selectable points do not comprise
alphanumeric characters.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. A method of forming a graphical user interface,
comprising:
configuring a line on a display screen which is in
communication with a display controller; and
configuring multiple selectable points along the line,
wherein each selectable point corresponds to a piece of
information accessible using the display controller, wherein said
each selectable point does not comprise alphanumeric characters,
and wherein the graphical user interface is adapted to display
the corresponding piece of information in response to selection
of a selectable point.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Isensee et al. (Isensee) 5,550,559 Aug. 27, 1996
Manson et al. (Manson) 5,731,997 Mar. 24, 1998
Kirk et al. (Kirk) 5,768,578 June 16, 1998
Bates et al. (Bates) 5,777,616 July 7, 1998
Mukherjee 6,314,415 Nov. 6, 2001
(filed Nov. 4, 1998)
Claims 1 through 28 stand rejected under the first paragraph
of 35 U.S.C. § 112 for lack of written description of the phrase
“each selectable point does not comprise alphanumeric
characters.”
Claims 1 through 5, 19 through 22 and 25 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Kirk.
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