Appeal 2007-2978
Application 10/744,130
2. Fig. 2 and paragraphs 19, 50, and 93 show collecting information for a
catalog and storing the catalog and means for retrieving information from the
catalog. They do not disclose “the supplier segmenting the catalog file into a
plurality of sequential segments and sending the catalog file segments to the
catalog gateway, wherein each catalog file segment is numbered and includes a
flag denoting whether or not the catalog segment is the last catalog file segment,
the catalog gateway acknowledging each catalog file segment received from the
supplier, the catalog gateway reassembling the catalog file segments into the
catalog file and storing the catalog file in a local storage,” i.e., step b) of claim 1.
3. The Examiner found that “Yamazoe does not expressly disclose parsing or
segmenting the catalog data.” (Answer 8).
4. The Examiner relied on Vittal to show segmenting. “The Vittal reference is
used to modify the method of Yamazoe to teach segmenting the catalog data and
transferring through a gateway before reassembly and use at an aggregator … .”
Answer 8. The Examiner directed attention to Figures 4 and 7 and col. 10, ll. 10-
54 of Vittal.
5. Figures 4 and 7 and col. 10, ll. 10-54 of Vittal show segmenting and an
aggregator.
6. The examiner concluded based on the above that:
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of
applicant's invention to have modified the method of Yamazoe to have
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