Appeal No. 2006-0538
Application No. 09/827,957
In is believed that these remarks better state the
examiner’s views at pages 8-9 in the responsive arguments portion
of the answer. There is no reply brief traversing them.
Lastly, it is noted that the discussions with respect to
alternative embodiments at columns 4 through 6 of Rock clearly
relate to teachings associated with different themes of the
respective control and focus states either individually or
collectively. This portion of Rock clearly indicates that a
theme or overall visual appearance may be changed based upon font
or color or size changes, etc. The paragraph bridging columns
4 and 5 of Rock indicate that one or more of the preferred
embodiments may be used in combination and that the particular
appearance controlling features of the control regions may be
individually or collectively changed in appearance. In view of
these latter teachings, the toolbar 40 as a whole and/or
individual regions within this toolbar are individually
controllable with respect to the logic in figure 5.
In view of the foregoing, the decision of the examiner
rejecting claims 1 through 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 is affirmed.
4
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007