Appeal 2007-0469
Application 10/299,618
We also agree with the Examiner that the claimed “second portion” of
the data is fully met by the job ticket in Hicks. The job ticket is appended to
the printer-independent language file and specifies other rendering
characteristics (i.e., formatting) as noted above. This “second portion” also
specifies the formatting in a “platform independent” manner until it is
converted into a specific form for the particular output device by the server,
particularly the device specific assembler 22.
That is, the server effectively transforms the second portion to
generate a platform dependent portion containing formatting specified in a
platform dependent manner as claimed. The server also effectively
combines the “first portion” (printer-independent language file) with the
platform-dependent portion (formatting) to generate output in a form tailored
to the appropriate output device 16.
Even if we assume that the printer-independent language file and the
job ticket appended thereto in Hicks constitute a single file, the scope and
breadth of claim 1 does not preclude such a file. Claim 1 recites, in pertinent
part, specifying data in two portions. Such a data specification is fully met
by a single file with multiple portions (e.g., a printer-independent language
portion and an appended portion containing formatting).
Even if the first and second portions are in a single file, the respective
first and second portions are not combined as claimed prior to further
processing by the server since the data is not suitable for transmission to the
particular output device. Upon further processing by the server, however,
the claimed combination step is performed in generating output in a form
tailored to the appropriate output device.
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