Appeal No. 96-2894
Application 08/742,974
downloaded from the central computer to the mass storage 14
of the cluster subsystem 10 over communication link 15
(col. 6, lines 41-49). However, claim 13 does not require
any particular location for the repository. The repository
could be the mass storage 14 of one of the cluster
subsystems 10 in Andersen. Therefore, we find that Andersen
teaches "storing courses in a repository." Appellants'
arguments that the processor, which corresponds to the
claimed "workstation," does not have the capacity to store
courses is not commensurate in scope with claim 13.
As to the limitation "responding to a request for a
course made on a workstation; delivering said course to a
server serving said workstation," appellants argue (Br14,
lines 14-18): "Presuming arguendo that the requesting
processor station of Andersen corresponds to the workstation
of the present invention, clearly Andersen does not disclose
or suggest that the instructional programs delivered to the
cluster substation are in response to a request from the
processor station."
The examiner responds (EA8): "With respect to
Appellants['] points, page 14, lines 12-18 [sic, 13-19],
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