Appeal No. 2004-1128
Application No. 10/099,121
includes in the address "pres96." Appellant argues (Brief, page
4, and Reply Brief, pages 3-4) that "'Pres96' merely indicates
the subject matter of the archived document." Appellant further
states that "the Examiner has acknowledged that Archive97 does
not disclose that the 'time-stamp' indicates a creation time of
said version."
We agree with appellant that "pres96" indicates the subject
matter and not the creation time of the document. However, the
examiner is correct that the URL for "The Libertarian Web" on
page 12 of Archive97 includes a time-stamp. Specifically, the
string of numbers "19971011050541" indicates that the website
shown is the version that existed on October 11, 1997, at 5:05
and 41 seconds in the morning. Further, as shown on page 11,
clicking on "The Libertarian Web," or rather requesting the
version of the website that relates to the presidential election
of '96, brings up a dialogue box which shows that the URL for
that website includes a time-stamp. In other words, a request
for that version of the website includes a time-stamp.
The examiner (Answer, page 5) applies Kahle for a teaching
to include a time-stamp indicating a creation time of the
requested webpage. Appellant argues (Reply Brief, page 4) that
Kahle fails to suggest that "a request for a version of an
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