Ex Parte NOBLE et al - Page 9




                    Appeal No. 2001-2688                                                                                                                                  
                    Application No. 08/735,619                                                                                                                            


                    necessarily weigh all the evidence and arguments."  In re                                                                                             
                    Oetiker, 977 F.2d at 1445, 24 USPQ2d at 1444.  "[T]he Board must                                                                                      
                    not only assure that the requisite findings are made, based on                                                                                        
                    evidence of record, but must also explain the reasoning by which                                                                                      
                    the findings are deemed to support the agency's conclusion."  In                                                                                      
                    re Lee, 277 F.3d 1338, 1344, 61 USPQ2d 1430, 1434 (Fed. Cir.                                                                                          
                    2002).  With these principles in mind, we commence review of the                                                                                      
                    pertinent evidence.                                                                                                                                   
                              Turning to Clanton, we find that Clanton teaches a poster                                                                                   
                    wall 80 superimposed upon a background onto an indoor sound stage                                                                                     
                    70.  See Clanton, column 8, lines 20 through 36.  The poster wall                                                                                     
                    80 includes a row of posters 82, 84, 86, 88, and 90 in which each                                                                                     
                    of the posters represents a movie.  See Clanton, Figure 5, and                                                                                        
                    column 8, lines 48 through 62.  Although we appreciate the                                                                                            
                    Examiner's position that each of the posters 82, 84, 86, 88, and                                                                                      
                    90 have an XY coordinate on the screen, we fail to find that                                                                                          
                    Clanton teaches that each of the selections is in a database of                                                                                       
                    selections in which the database is organized in two dimensions                                                                                       
                    where the logical coordinates are based upon at least two                                                                                             
                    categories and further, that each selection is assigned a point                                                                                       
                    on the logical coordinates in accordance with its categories.                                                                                         

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