Appeal 2007-0976
Application 09/981,835
therefore, is whether Price can be modified to have the target document pre-
selected before the source document is annotated.
As summarized in the abstract, Price discloses (Price 30) a reader
annotating images using a pen computer and the computer constructing
hypertext links based on the ink marks. The system "extracts the text near
free-form ink marks, uses these terms to construct queries, executes queries
against a collection of documents, and unobtrusively displays links to related
documents in the margin or as 'further reading lists.'" Thus, as stated by
Appellants (Br. 10), Price describes a system in which target documents are
located from a database based on a search formed from annotations made.
However, Price additionally discloses (Price 36-37), "We would also like to
extend XLibris to support multiple document tasks. Document work often
involves the use of several documents together [1]. In the context of
gathering information, people need to compare sources [35], to take notes
[37], and to write reports [29, 35]." In other words, Price suggests using the
system with two or more known documents and creating links from one to
another to compare the two documents. Accordingly, since Price suggests
using the system with pre-selected documents, Price can be modified to have
the target document pre-selected before the source document is annotated.
Further, the teachings of Lawton and Golovchinski are merely cumulative.
Therefore, we will sustain the obviousness rejection of claims 1 through 7, 9
through 16, 18, and 19 over Price, Lawton, and Golovchinski.
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