Ex Parte Thayer - Page 4


                   Appeal No. 2006-1764                                                                                             
                   Application No. 10/177,965                                                                                       

                           The anticipation rejection of  claims 7 through 10 is sustained because appellant                        
                   has not provided any patentability arguments for these claims apart from those presented                         
                   for claim 1.                                                                                                     
                           The anticipation rejection of claims 14 and 15 is sustained because appellant has                        
                   not presented any patentability arguments for these claims apart from those presented for                        
                   claim 11.                                                                                                        
                           The anticipation rejection of claims 18 through 20 is sustained because appellant                        
                   has not presented any patentability arguments for these claims apart from those presented                        
                   for claim 16.                                                                                                    
                           The obviousness rejection of claim 2 is sustained because appellant has not                              
                   presented any patentability arguments for this claim apart from those presented for claim                        
                   1.                                                                                                               
                           The obviousness rejection of claim 3 is sustained because appellant’s argument                           
                   (brief, pages 15 and 16) that the library apparatus in Tanaka lacks “code for providing the                      
                   web-based page(s)” is without merit.  As indicated supra, the examiner relied on Cogger                          
                   for such a teaching.                                                                                             
                           The obviousness rejection of claims 4 and 17 is sustained because we agree with                          
                   the examiner’s finding (answer, page 9) that it would have been obvious to the skilled                           
                   artisan to use a remote management card as taught by Barford in Cogger for the                                   
                   advantage of “remotely testing the system and storing test log data.”  Appellant’s                               
                   argument (brief, page 17) that “Barford fails to teach or suggest that its remote                                
                   management card comprises ‘computer-executable code comprising: code for receiving                               
                   information … code for entering the receiving information into a data structure; and code                        

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