Appeal No. 1999-2311
Application 08/777,805
plurality of formats and protocols as claimed. Appellants
argue that Barber requires that all incoming messages from
healthcare providers be in a single standard format.
Appellants also argue that there is no suggestion on this
record that Barber should be modified to support different
formats and protocols. In fact, appellants note that the
prior art of record in this case suggests that such
modification of Barber would be difficult or impossible
[brief, pages 6-15].
The examiner responds that although Barber does not
teach that the computer terminals generate messages in a
plurality of different formats and protocols, it would have
been obvious to do so in view of the well known methods of
generating, transferring and receiving data in a plurality of
formats and protocols at the time of appellants’ invention.
The examiner also responds that a plurality of computer
stations each having a format would meet the claimed plurality
of formats and protocols as claimed. The examiner observes
that his proposed modification of Barber would improve the
performance of Barber’s system. Finally, the examiner takes
“official notice” that many systems prior to the claimed
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