Appeal 2006-3369
Application 10/224,309
FINDINGS OF FACT
Findings of Fact concerning Group 1: Claims 1, 2, 6 – 17, 21 – 32,
36 – 45 including independent claims 1 (method of operation),
16 (apparatus), and 31 (article of manufacture):
1. The arguments of Appellant and Examiner on these claims center
exclusively around the fourth limitation of Claim 1, namely
“automatically providing by the computing environment, to the
person, one or more policy materials for compliance certification,
based at least in part on relevant parts of said updated employee
information, …”. Examiner contends that the Gullotta reference
teaches this limitation; Appellant contends that Gullotta does not
disclose it. (Br. 8).
2. The interpretation of “policy materials for compliance certification”
becomes a key finding for the consideration of whether these claims
are anticipated by Gullotta. The “ordinary meaning” of the phrase
would refer to documents containing policy statements, training
materials, forms, and other managerial papers that are used in
conjunction with a person’s role in the organization to assist
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