Ex Parte Nolte et al - Page 3



               Appeal 2007-0563                                                                             
               Application 10/001,940                                                                       
           1          C.  Findings of fact (“FF”)                                                           
           2          The record supports the following findings of fact as well as any other               
           3   findings of fact set forth in this opinion by at least a preponderance of the                
           4   evidence.                                                                                    
           5          1.    Applicants’ claims 1-38 are the subject of this appeal.                         
           6          2.   The Examiner finally rejected claims 1-38 based on the                           
           7   combination of Iwamura and Montgomery.                                                       
           8          3.   There are eleven independent claims involved in the appeal.                      
           9          4.   Applicants argue all of the claims 1-38 together as a group (Br.                 
          10   11).                                                                                         
          11          5.    Independent claims 1, 11, 33 and 37 are reproduced as follows:                  
          12          1.    A graphical user interface comprising:                                          
          13                a rendered image of at least one graphical object, wherein the                  
          14          graphical object uses a number of pixels on a display device;                         
          15                a color value stored for each pixel in the display device; and                  
          16                object identification data stored with each pixel covered by the                
          17          rendered image, wherein the object identification data uniquely                       
          18          identifies the graphical object located at the pixel.                                 
          19          11. A method for providing information to a program using a                           
          20          graphical user interface, the method comprising:                                      
          21                rendering an image of a plurality of graphical objects at                       
          22          specified locations of a two-dimensional display device;                              


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