Ex Parte Eisen - Page 2

               Appeal 2007-2514                                                                           
               Application 10/034,255                                                                     

               selected documents.  See generally Specification 1:10-12.  Claim 1 is                      
               illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:                            
               1. A computer-implemented method, comprising the steps of:                                 
                     displaying a summary view of one or more entries, wherein each of                    
               the one or more entries is associated with a document and includes summary                 
               data regarding the associated document;                                                    
                     enabling a user to select one or more of the entries listed in the                   
               summary view;                                                                              
                     receiving input from the user to create a reusable list of the selected              
               entries and to store the list in a system clipboard;                                       
                     creating the reusable list of the selected entries and storing the                   
               reusable list in the system clipboard in response to the input received from               
               the user, wherein                                                                          
                     for each of the one or more selected entries, the reusable list includes             
               document summary data pertaining to the document associated with the                       
               selected entry, and a hyperlink to the document associated with the selected               
               entry, not a copy of the document, and wherein the reusable list is able to be             
               pasted into one or more documents or transferred to one or more programs in                
               addition to the program displaying the summary view; and                                   
                     in response to the user selecting a hyperlink from the reusable list,                
               displaying a current version of a document associated with the hyperlink,                  
               including any changes made to the document subsequent to creating the                      
               reusable list.                                                                             
                     The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in                    
               rejecting the appealed claims are:                                                         
               Huang US 2003/0097361 A1 May 22, 2003                                                      
               Kate Barnes, 10 Minute Guide to Windows 3.1, Sams, 1992, pp. 60-64.                        
               (Barnes)                                                                                   

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