Agent icon for a display screen of a programmed computer system

- Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of an agent icon for a display screen of a programmed computer system showing our new design, the vertical lining on the oval nose portion being understood to represent the color red;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof; and,

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of a second embodiment thereof, the difference residing in the lack of color resulting from the display of the icon on a black and white screen display.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D281081 October 22, 1985 Zwissler et al.
Other references
  • "The Star User Interface: An Overview", AFIPS Nat'l Computing Conf. Paper p. 7, 1982. "The MacIntosh Bible" 2d ed., copyright 1988, Goldstein & Blair p. 351, 1988. "Hypercard Users' Guide" copyright 1988, Apple Software, p. i, 1988. "The MacIntosh Bible", 2d ed., copyright 1988, Goldstein & Blair, p. 119, 1988.
Patent History
Patent number: D389134
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 31, 1997
Date of Patent: Jan 13, 1998
Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Inventors: Patrick J. Naughton (Palo Alto, CA), David A. LaVallee (Palo Alto, CA), Christopher S. Warth (San Francisco, CA), James Gosling (Woodside, CA), Edward H. Frank (Portola Valley, CA), R. Michael Sheridan (Mountain View, CA), Joseph M. Palrang (Sunnyvale, CA)
Primary Examiner: Brian N. Vinson
Attorney: Erwin J. Basinski
Application Number: 0/69,334
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/1143
International Classification: 1499;