Ex Parte LEE - Page 5




                Appeal No. 2003-2055                                                                                                            
                Application No. 09/399,213                                                                                                      

                request to identify a task within a series of tasks to which an item is associated, and                                         
                returning an identifier of the task in response to determining that the item is associated                                      
                with the task.                                                                                                                  
                         The section 103 rejection over Choy and Li does not separately address the                                             
                remaining independent claims (13 and 25).  Each of claims 13 and 25 recites functions                                           
                similar to those of the limitations of claim 1 that are not taught by the combination of                                        
                Choy and Li.  Further, since neither Kauffman nor Antognini remedy the deficiencies of                                          
                the rejection applied against the base claims, we do not sustain any of the rejections                                          
                under 35 U.S.C. § 103.                                                                                                          





















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