Ex Parte Millikan et al - Page 8

               Appeal 2007-0588                                                                             
               Application 10/202,349                                                                       

           1          First, Van Ryzin describes a problem in the art with utilizing a custom               
           2   playlist (Col. 2, ll. 14-20):                                                                
           3          A further difficulty with utilizing a custom playlist is that the                     
           4          created playlist is itself stored in volatile memory of the digital                   
           5          audio/visual actuator device and not in a permanent digital                           
           6          storage device such as a CD. Because the playlist is stored in                        
           7          volatile memory, it is lost whenever power to the CD player is                        
           8          lost, whether by turning off the digital audio/visual actuator                        
           9          device or accidentally losing power.                                                  
          10          Second, Van Ryzin describes solving this problem where “the playlist                  
          11   is saved in non-volatile memory in digital audio/visual actuator device 10”                  
          12   (Col. 5, ll. 43-44) and “the playlist may be received and permanently stored                 
          13   for later use” (Col. 6, ll. 50-52).                                                          
          14          Given the teachings of Ho Yuen Lok combine with Van Ryzin’s                           
          15   teaching to permanently store the playlist, and further taking into account                  
          16   Van Ryzin’s explicit framing of the problem as one where the playlist is “not                
          17   in a permanent digital storage device such as a CD” we conclude that                         
          18   Appellants claims 1 and 19 fail to meet the requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 103.                 
          19          This decision contains a new ground of rejection pursuant to                          
          20   37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) (effective September 13, 2004, 69 Fed. Reg. 49960                       
          21   (August 12, 2004), 1286 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 21 (September 7, 2004)).                       
          22          37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) provides that, “[a] new grounds of rejection                     
          23   pursuant to this paragraph shall not be considered final for judicial review.”               
          24          37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) also provides that the Appellants, WITHIN TWO                    
          25   MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE DECISION, must exercise one of the                               
          26   following two options with respect to the new grounds of rejection to avoid                  
          27   termination of proceedings (37 C.F.R. § 1.197 (b)) as to the rejected claims:                


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