Ex parte FARRIS et al. - Page 8




          Appeal No. 1998-1345                                                        
          Application 08/362,318                                                      

          the audio and video and does not just "block[] the audio                    
          information from being played back"), the result is performed               
          in a different way by the claimed invention which operates                  
          directly on the text source or audio information.  For these                
          reasons, we conclude that the Examiner has failed to establish              
          a prima facie case of obviousness.  The rejection of claims 3               
          and 4 is reversed.                                                          
                                      REVERSED                                        







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