Appeal No. 2006-3105
Application No. 09/397,494
BACKGROUND
The Appellants’ invention relates to a computer-based method for providing a
laboratory information management system. An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 26, which is reproduced below.
26. A method for a user interface to accept laboratory experiment
information for control of a laboratory experiment, the method using a
computer system, the computer system including a processing system
coupled to a network, wherein a user input device, display device and
processor are coupled to the processing system, the method comprising
accepting signals from the user input device to define a
parameter of a probe array experiment;
transferring the parameter to the network;
receiving experiment results from the network, wherein the
experiment results include results from the probe array experiment using
the parameter; and
displaying the experiment results on the display device.
PRIOR ART
The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
WHEELESS, JR. et al. 3,657,537 Apr. 18, 1972
(WHEELESS)
WONG et al. 4,875,859 Oct. 24, 1989
(Wong)
DEHLINGER 5,723,320 Mar. 03, 1998
LIPSHUTZ et al. 5,733,729 Mar. 31, 1998
(LIPSHUTZ)
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