Appeal No. 1996-3089
Application No. 08/006,860
(Bold emphasis added.)
Although Ferguson does not recite performing a
sequential search from substring to substring when arranged in
a tree structure as leafs, the existing substring links would
allow such a search. On the other hand, Appellants’ claim 1
may allow such a sequential search, but does not require one.
For the above reasons, we will sustain the
Examiner’s rejection of claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 103, and
likewise the rejection of claims 2 through 5 , 7 and 8 of the
same group.
Regarding claim 9, it is the burden of the Examiner
to establish why one having ordinary skill in the art would
have been led to the claimed invention by the reasonable
teachings or suggestions found in the prior art, or by a
reasonable inference to the artisan contained in such
teachings or suggestions.
In re Sernaker, 702 F.2d 989, 995, 217 USPQ 1, 6 (Fed. Cir.
1983).
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