Appeal 2007-0493
Application 10/289,967
Patent 6,144,380
I. STATEMENT OF CASE
1. Appellants appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from a final rejection
of reissue claims 1-15, 17-37, 39-59, 61-85, and 87-101 entered
November 22, 2004. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).
2. A copy of Appellants’ reissue claim 1-15, 17-37, 39-59, 61-85,
and 87-101 is set forth in the Claim Appendix of Appellants’ Reply Brief.
3. Independent claims 5 and 49 under appeal reads as follows:
5. A method by which a first computer system searches
an electronic book, the electronic book having been created on
a second computer system for use and display on the first
computer system, the first computer system further having a
display screen, a processor communicatively coupled with the
display screen, and a memory communicatively coupled to the
processor such that at least one portion of the electronic book
residing in the memory, the method comprising:
receiving hand-written user input;
recognizing said user input as one or more search strings;
and
displaying, on the display screen, content of the
electronic book associated with at least one of the one or more
search strings.
49. A method by which a computer system searches an
electronic book, the computer system having a display screen, a
processor communicatively coupled with the display screen and
a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and
storing at least one portion of the electronic book, the electronic
book comprising at least one block having an associated action,
wherein user selection of said block, when displayed on the
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