Appeal 2007-2127
Reexamination Control No. 90/006,621
6. Objective evidence
Patent Owner cites the following references as objective evidence of
long-felt need, failure of others, and commercial success (Br. 73-75):
26. In 1987, Microsoft Word had a spelling checking function which did
not execute concurrently with the editing function, but instead required the
user to invoke the spelling checking operation manually. Paul Hoffman,
Microsoft Word Made Easy (2d ed. Osborne McGraw-Hill 1987),
pages 285-288 (Exhibit 23).
27. In 1988, Microsoft Word still required the user to manually invoke
"the Library Spell command" to activate "spell-checking." Peter Rinearson,
Quick Reference Guide to Microsoft Word for the IBM PC (Microsoft Press
1988), pages 97-99 (Exhibit 24).
28. In 1989, Microsoft Word still required the user to manually invoke
"the Library Spell command." Janet Rampa, Learn Word Now (Microsoft
Press 1989), pages 272-74 (Exhibit 25).
29. In 1992, Microsoft Word for Windows 2 still required the user to
manually invoke the "Tools Spelling" command after selecting the text to be
checked in a document. Peter G. Aitken, 10 Minute Guide to Word for
Windows 2 (Sams 1992), pages 108-109 (Exhibit 26).
30. In 1993-1994, Microsoft Word Version 6 still required manual
invocation of the spelling checking function by checking "the Spelling
button in the Spelling dialog box." Word also had an AutoCorrect feature to
automatically "fix common mistakes, such as typing 'adn' instead of 'and.'"
Quick Results Microsoft Word Version 6.0 (Microsoft Corp. 1993-1994),
pages 68-69 (Exhibit 27).
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