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               Appeal 2007-0601                                                                             
               Application 09/792,290                                                                       

               said group members” and “transmitting the processed feedback to the                          
               networked devices operated by the group members” requires that the                           
               processed feedback consist of combined feedback from two or more group                       
               members.                                                                                     

                                          FINDINGS OF FACT                                                  
                      1. Appellants invented a system, method, and computer program                         
               product for enhancing awareness of fellow students’ state of comprehension                   
               in an educational environment (Br 3:18-20).                                                  
                      2. DeNicola teaches a system and method for live interactive distance                 
               learning.  DeNicola teaches administering tests to a plurality of students                   
               connected via networked thin client devices, scoring the tests, and providing                
               instantaneous test results to each student (col. 13, ll. 38-48).                             
                      3. DeNicola teaches providing each student with his or her                            
               individualized test results (col. 14, ll. 13-16).                                            
                      4. DeNicola further teaches a client level account management                         
               system, by which a client (for example, the students’ employer) may retrieve                 
               all students’ exam results, along with other statistics showing the students’                
               relative performance by region, nation, or worldwide, as well as percentile                  
               ranking by department or division, by course, by class, and by student (col.                 
               14, ll. 20-39).                                                                              
                      5. Shiigi teaches an interactive messaging system where the                           
               messaging devices are personal digital assistants, with styli, using wireless                
               communication (Abstract, ll. 13-19).                                                         




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