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                Appeal 2007-1361                                                                             
                Application 09/681,573                                                                       

                                         B. ILLUSTRATIVE CLAIMS                                              
                      Claims 1 and 5, which further illustrate the invention, follow:                        
                      1. A method to electronically publish media to a document                              
                      management system comprising the steps of:                                             
                            accessing an electronic data file;                                               
                            receiving a publication instruction from a document                              
                      creation application to publish the accessed data file;                                
                            initializing a publication enabler capable of converting a                       
                      data file into at least one publication format in response to the                      
                      publication instruction, wherein the publication enabler is                            
                      independent of the document creation application used to create                        
                      the electronic data file;                                                              
                            selecting a publication format via the publication enabler;                      
                            if necessary for publication to the document management                          
                      system, converting the accessed data file directly into another                        
                      publication format; and                                                                
                            publishing the data file in at least one publication format                      
                      to a document management system.                                                       

                      5. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of publishing further                        
                      comprises the step of transmitting the data file and a plurality of                    
                      document parameters to the document management system,                                 
                      wherein the data file and plurality of document parameters are                         
                      configured to enable the document management system to                                 
                      automatically assign a coded filename, a storage location, and a                       
                      file identifier to the data file.                                                      

                                               C. REJECTIONS                                                 
                      Claims 1-11, 13-15, 25, 27, and 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                      
                § 103(a) as obvious over Academic Technology Services, Adobe PDF for                         
                Electronic Publishing ("ATS") and U.S. Patent Application Publication                        

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