Appeal No. 96-2739
Application 08/185,320
"specified" the location of the ID number, as recited at
column 9 lines 64 through 66, stating "the ID Number 102
possesses the distinguishing characteristic of a special
location on the document 100" (emphasis added).
Therefore, we find that Shepard does not teach "an
unspecified arbitrary location" for the information region
including the location of the field data as claimed.
The remaining claims on appeal also contain the above
limitations discussed in regard to claim 17 and thereby, we
will not sustain the rejection as to these claims.
Claim body recitation of “the arbitarily located encoded
information region” (emphasis added), directly refers back to
the preamble of each independent claim 7, 8 and 16, as in
representative claim 17.
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