Appeal No. 97-0628
Application 07/992,428
The examiner cites to column 42, line 65, to column 43, line 2,
as evidence that Biles discloses categorizing and associating
keywords with predetermined topics (answer at 5). However, the
referenced portion of Biles refers to descriptor phrases which
describe the significance of a corresponding topology number
representing a topic. In column 10, lines 30-32, Biles states:
"The Descriptor field 11 is a sixty-character alphanumeric
phrase which describes the topic." The descriptor phrases
are not probable or anticipated text words in an article.
In response to the appellants' pointing out that the
descriptor phrases merely describe a predetermined topic and thus
are not the keywords in the context of the claimed invention, the
examiner stated (answer at 6):
The Examiner respectfully disagrees because Biles
teaches a data storage and retrieval system that
facilitates collecting, cataloging, storing, searching,
locating, querying, classifying, retrieving and
displaying information regarding all aspects of human
thought and endeavor. The system uses topology number
to search the composite Catalog Data Base, which is
self-indexing catalog that identifies the topics for
which Subject Data Base records exist, to select the
records related to the topics in question. Therefore,
Biles must discloses the claimed categorizing and
associating the keywords with one of the predetermined
topics.
The examiner's position is without merit. It is based on mere
speculation and generalities, rather than specifics in the cited
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