Appeal No. 1997-4219
Application No. 08/315,745
means and this is well known in any data processing system.”
While user interfacing or control, per se, may be “well
known,” we have no evidence of record from the examiner as to
why it would have been obvious to have provided such user
interface in the instant environment of program conversion
and, moreover, why it would have been obvious to provide such
an interface coupled to the claimed cross referencing means or
system. For example, Pham appears to provide user input at
the system manager element 210 but there is no indication as
to how, if at all, such input is coupled to a cross
referencing means, as claimed. Accordingly, the examiner has
not made a proper rejection of claims 7 and 9 under 35 U.S.C.
103 for this reason alone.
The examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 2, 7 and 9 under 35
U.S.C. 103 is reversed.
REVERSED
Errol A. Krass )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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