Appeal No. 2002-0333
Application No. 09/127,713
parameterization commands and possibly assigned parameters (referring to Figure 14,
step 97).
The examiner realizes that Wilz does not teach assembling the selections for at
least two of the parameterization commands and the parameter values and assembling
all the selected character strings representing the parameterization commands and the
selected parameter values . . . where at least one of the sequences of character strings
includes at least two of the character strings representing the selected parameterization
commands and parameter values. As explained by the examiner, at pages 4-5 of the
answer, “while Wilz does teach assembling the parameterization commands in a series
(a book), Wilz does not teach the use of two dimensional codes which would meet this
claim language.” The examiner then takes “Official Notice” (answer-page 5) that “two
dimensional codes as a replacement for series of one dimensional codes which much
(sic, must?) be read in succession is old and well known in the art.”
The examiner concludes that it would have been obvious “to replace the booklet
of Wilz containing successions of one-dimensional codes with a two dimensional code
because many two dimensional codes are known to be compact, space efficient
replacements for series of one dimensional codes, which two dimensional codes can be
read in a single scan” (answer-page 5).
Appellants argue that Wilz does not teach a display menu for allowing users to
select parameterization commands and values for parameterizing or setting up a
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