Appeal No. 2006-1093
Application No. 09/842,471
Such a technique, according to appellant, is not the same as storing vectors
[brief, pages 7 and 8; reply brief, page 4]. The examiner responds that the
limitation is fully met because Robertson stores all positions to which the cursor
moves as the cursor moves from a first source position to the intended
destination position [answer, page 10].
We will not sustain the examiner’s rejection. In our view, the disclosure of
Robertson does not disclose storing a set of motion vectors and the first
destination position referenced to the first source position as claimed in
independent claims 1, 17, and 33 [emphasis added].
In Robertson, the most relevant embodiment is that shown in Figs. 6-8. In
that embodiment, once the cursor enters the control region 152, a correction
vector with X and Y coordinates is calculated and added to the cursor control
signals. The correction vector 156 causes the cursor to move toward the center
point of control 150 while the cursor is within the control region 152 (i.e., in
proximity with the control) [Robertson, Fig. 6 and col. 11, lines 8-50]. As shown
in Fig. 7, the cursor’s position is continually updated in this manner so that the
cursor appears to move across the display with a smooth motion [Robertson, Fig.
7 and col. 12, lines 27-40].
Although we agree with the examiner that Robertson inherently generates
a set of motion vectors corresponding to the cursor’s motion as explained on
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