Ex parte LIEBERMAN - Page 9




                  Appeal No. 1999-1852                                                                                                                    
                  Application No. 08/701,242                                                                                                              


                  be any further identification of documents linked to the set of original relevant documents.                                            
                  Accordingly, we do not find that Kupiec anticipates the instant claimed invention.                                                      
                           Sotomayor is employed by the examiner only for its references to the Internet and                                              
                  does not provide for the deficiencies of Kupiec, as noted supra.   Accordingly, we will not                                             
                  sustain the rejection of claims 3-5 and 19-21 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over the combination                                                
                  of Kupiec and Sotomayor.                                                                                                                
                           The examiner’s decision rejecting claims 1, 2, 6-18 and 22-30 under 35 U.S.C.                                                  
                  § 102(a) and claims 3-5 and 19-21 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                                                    
                                                               REVERSED                                                                                   


                                             ERROL A. KRASS                                        )                                                      
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