Appeal No. 2006-0361
Application 09/752,654
Representative claim 73 is reproduced below:
73. A computer-implemented method for navigating among a
hierarchy of palette windows in a graphical user interface
displayed on a computer system, wherein the computer system
includes a display, the method comprising:
displaying on the display a first palette window from the
hierarchy of palette windows, wherein one or more of the palette
windows in the hierarchy comprise palette items that are
selectable by a user, wherein each of the palette items is
selectable by the user to include functionality in a program
being created or modified, wherein one or more of the palette
windows comprise a palette window selection item, wherein the
palette window selection item is selectable by the user to
display a second palette window from the hierarchy of palette
windows, and wherein the first palette window includes one or
more navigation items displayed on the first palette window for
navigating among the hierarchy of palette windows;
receiving user input selecting a navigation item displayed
on the first palette window;
closing the first palette window in response to said
receiving user input selecting the navigation item; and
displaying at least one of a parent palette window or a
child palette window in relation to the first palette window in
the hierarchy of palette windows in response to said user input
selecting the navigation item.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Filepp et al. (Filepp) 5,758,072 May 26, 1998
Appellant’s Admitted Prior Art (hereinafter “AAPA”), pages
1-3 and Figures 4A, 4B and 4C.
Gavron et al. “How to Use Microsoft Windows NT 4
Workstation”, 1996, pages 7, 40-41.
All claims on appeal stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
As to claims 73 through 76, 78 through 80, 82 through 84, 86, 87,
95 through 101, 103 through 113, 117 through 120, 122, 124, 128
through 140, 143, 144, 146, 149, 151 and 153 through 158, the
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