Appeal No. 2004-1460
Application No. 09/495,217
Representative claim 12 is reproduced as follows:
12. A computer program product for providing a user
interface to select objects and tasks on at least one
computer system, said computer program product
comprising:
a plurality of processor executable instructions
recorded on signal-bearing media, wherein said
instructions, when executed by at least one processor,
cause the at least one computer system to present an
interactive selection window to a user on a display, said
window comprising:
an first pane for listing a plurality of objects
and receiving a user selection of an object listed
therein;
a second pane for listing a plurality of tasks and
receiving a user selection of a task listed therein, said
user selection of a task causing said task to be
performed, wherein at least some of said plurality of
tasks listed in said second pane are responsive to the
object selected from said first pane.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Lindhorst et al. (Lindhorst) 6,268,852 Jul. 31, 2001
(filed Jun. 02, 1997)
Claims 1, 2, 5-8, 11-13 and 16 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by the disclosure of
Lindhorst. Claims 3, 4, 9, 10, 14 and 15 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a). As evidence of obviousness the examiner
offers Lindhorst taken alone.
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