Appeal 2007-1731
Application 10/796,051
does not describe any function associated with selection of the menu item
that differs from prior art or conventional browser “help” functions.
The rejection may refer to icon (push pin symbol) 52 of LaStrange,
which controls the function of allowing overwriting (Figs. 2 and 3: push pin
not enabled) or preserving (Figs. 4 and 5: push pin enabled) the information
in a browser window by opening a second or new browser window for
displaying the target of a hyperlink. Activation of icon 52 thus preserves
information at the client, rather than retrieves information from the server.
Information from the server is retrieved the conventional way; e.g., by
activation of a hyperlink 54. See LaStrange, col. 4, ll. 28-36. We thus find
no basis for disclosure or suggestion of the functionality associated with
activation of the “help button” that is required by claim 13.
Finally, we do not sustain the rejection of claim 27 under 35 U.S.C
§ 103(a) over Davis, nor that of depending claims 28 through 33. Although
it is true that Davis discloses a client computer (Fig. 2) containing volatile
memory (RAM 34) and non-volatile memory (e.g., ROM 33), we find no
disclosure or suggestion in the relied-upon portions of Davis to periodically
transfer stored information from the volatile memory to (any) non-volatile
memory. Although not discussed by the Examiner, column 7, lines 43
through 47 describes a memory management chip that controls direct
memory access (DMA) operations which include passing data between
RAM 34 and a hard disk or floppy disk drive (i.e., non-volatile memory).
The description lacks disclosure or suggestion of a backup means to
periodically transfer stored information, however.1
1 If that were the only deficiency in the rejection, we might take Official
Notice that means to periodically transfer information from volatile to non-
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