Appeal No. 1996-3048
Application No. 07/998,316
The reference makes no mention or suggestion of monitoring a
time duration related to how long a time period has elapsed
during which a recipient has accessed the message. While it
may be said that Okumura is concerned with the time period
between the origination of the message and its opening by a
recipient, the reference is not concerned with the period of
time after the recipient has opened the message.
Johnson is of no help in providing for this deficiency of
Okumura. Johnson is concerned only with requiring a specific
response from a recipient when an electronic mail object is
opened and prohibiting a further selected action by the
recipient until such specific response is forthcoming.
Johnson is not concerned with monitoring the recipient’s
access to the object and transmitting a confirmation to the
originator when a predefined duration of time has been
satisfied.
Accordingly, we hold that the examiner has failed to
establish a prima facie case of obviousness with regard to the
instant claimed subject matter.
The examiner’s decision rejecting claims 1-12 under
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