Appeal No. 95-1402
Application No. 07/936,507
and query languages that sit on top of the data base managers. (See col. 3-4.) Clearly
Reiter does not disclose the “reformatting the collected operational data into a single
format” as recited in claim 1.
Appellants argue that there is no motivation to combine the teachings of Lavigne
with those of Reiter. (See brief at page 5.) We disagree. Lavigne teaches the use of
computers in the monitoring and quality control of a paper mill, therefore, it would have
been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to look to general
teachings within the computer-related technologies to assist in the developing of an overall
system configuration. The skilled artisan would have found the Reiter reference. Here, the
combination of Lavigne and Reiter would not teach the invention as set forth in claim 1.
Appellants further argue that:
Reiter is not within the field of endeavor of this invention. . . . The example
given [in Reiter] of the different types of information processed are payroll,
personnel requirements, manufacturing and control inventory and the like, all
being taken care of by different machines from different vendors. There is no
indication or even suggestion that the solution to the office administration
problem as above set out would have any application in a specific
manufacturing industry and in particular the paper industry. In the instant
invention, we are dealing with a quality control apparatus in a paper mill. The
gateway entry station which does the reformatting is directly connected to
on-line equipment in the paper mill and it exists for assessing various
parameters defining the performance of the paper mill.
(See brief at pages 6-7.) We disagree with appellants’ argument as stated above.
Furthermore, the claim does not detail the type of data being reformatted beyond
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