Appeal 2007-0342
Application 10/323,932
What a reference teaches is a question of fact. In re Baird, 16 F.3d
380, 382, 29 USPQ2d 1550, 1552 (Fed. Cir. 1994); In re Beattie, 974 F.2d
1309, 1311, 24 USPQ2d 1040, 1041 (Fed. Cir. 1992). We consider
Chakrabarti to support the Examiner’s finding that attributes as claimed are
determined based on information provided “within” the document. At least
in the case that several related documents are ranked for authoritativeness
based on the hyperlinks within all the related documents, the value for a
particular document is determined at least in part on information (i.e.,
hyperlinks) provided within that document. As one example, a first
document that contains multiple links to another document makes it less
likely that the first document will be determined to have non-zero authority.
We have considered all of Appellants’ arguments in response to the
rejection over Chakrabarti and Saund. Being not persuaded of error, we
sustain the rejection of claims 1 through 9.
CONCLUSION
In summary, the rejection of claims 1-9 under 35 U.S.C § 103(a) is
affirmed.
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