Appeal No. 1998-0946
Application No. 08/365,269
“options.” However, in view of the meaning given to that
phrase in the instant specification [pages 3-4 and 13] and
reiterated by appellants in the remarks accompanying the
amendment of January 10, 1997 [Paper No. 7], at which time
this phrase was added to the claims, we interpret the claimed
phrase “optional service incorporation instructions” to mean
that the customer specifies a range of optional instructions
including “service research, requesting service, applying
service, providing fixes, and installing serviced products or
fixes at the remote location.” [page 5 of the amendment or
page 4 of the specification].
Since neither Kirouac nor Cox discloses or suggests any
optional service incorporation instructions including these
specific options, we will not sustain the rejection of claims
1 through 73 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
The examiner’s decision is reversed.
REVERSED
Errol A. Krass )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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