Appeal No. 2007-0384
Application No. 09/681,784
has set forth a prima facie case that it would have been obvious to mine this
data “to select current employees for a particular employment opportunity.”
Appellant argues that the Examiner has not provided a prima facie
case that one of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to
combine Saba’s software with Tuttle (Br. 6). We are not persuaded by this
argument.
As discussed above, Saba’s software provides a database containing
information that is similar to the database described in Tuttle. In addition,
Reference A states that Saba’s software “empowers managers and team
leaders to
• Target required knowledge for roles within their group
• Assess knowledge gaps for their group
• Plan and buy learning, and approve learning requests
• Learn and track results for the group
• Improve performance by modifying knowledge targets and repeating
the learning process.”
Thus, Reference A describes using the data collected by Saba’s
software in making management decisions. We agree with the Examiner
that one of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to mine (i.e.,
analyze) the data generated by Saba’s software “to select current employees
for a particular employment opportunity,” in order to efficiently match
employees with appropriate jobs.
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