Appeal No. 1997-4140 Page 9
Application No. 08/279,628
addition, the sheet is not formatted as a rectangular grid
that lists channels along one side and times along another
side. Instead, it is formatted as a collection of columns
that list channels and times in separate columns. Id.
Furthermore, the sheet does not arrange bar codes along either
of its sides. Instead, it includes bar codes inside its
columns. Id.
The examiner fails to show that Yuen remedies the defects
of Kajitani. Yuen merely teaches a “television calendar 200
....” Col. 14, l. 65. The calendar has “multiple time of day
sections 206, channel identifiers 208, and descriptive program
identifiers 210, including the name of the program ....”
Col. 14, l. 66 - col. 15, l. 2. Figure 8 of the reference
shows that the calendar is not formatted as a rectangular grid
of cells arranged in rows and columns. Instead, it is
“arranged in a manner that is common in television guide
publications.” Col. 15, ll. 2-3. Although the calendar lists
times along one side, it does not list channels along another
side. Instead, it lists the channel identifiers in the same
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