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                Appeal 2007-1271                                                                              
                Application 10/005,583                                                                        
                character recognition module, the scan control module further including                       
                logic for generating at least one control screen that can be uploaded to a user               
                browser.                                                                                      
                                            THE REFERENCES                                                    
                      The Examiner relies upon the following references as evidence of                        
                anticipation and obviousness:                                                                 
                Dance   US 2002/0076111 A1  Jun. 20, 2002                                                     
                Somashekar   US 2002/0116477 A1   Aug. 22, 2002                                               
                Kuwata   US 2003/0072031 A1   Apr. 17, 2003                                                   

                                            THE REJECTIONS                                                    
                      Appellant seeks our review of the following rejections:                                 
                      1. Claims 1-3, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 21-23 stand rejected under                         
                      35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Kuwata.                                      
                      2. Claims 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                         
                         § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Kuwata in view of Dance.                         
                      3. Claims 10 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being                    
                         unpatentable over Kuwata in view of Somashekar.                                      
                      4. Claims 17-20, and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as                      
                         being unpatentable over Kuwata in view of Dance, and further in                      
                         view of Somashekar.                                                                  
                                                  ISSUES                                                      
                      The principal issues before us are whether Appellant has shown the                      
                Examiner erred in rejecting claims 1-3, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 21-23 based on                  
                anticipation, and whether the Examiner erred in rejecting claims 4, 5, 7, 8,                  
                10, 12, 14, 16-20, and 24 based on obviousness.                                               

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