Appeal No. 2001-1057
Application No. 08/741,470
chat session and, in response thereto, changing the chat session from a first to a
second chat session. Thus, in claim 9, there is no need for the user to go back through
the procedure of finding and joining a session, with the accompanying queries, as in
Anupam.
Again, we agree with the examiner. Claim 9 is reciting nothing more than a
dynamic change in chat sessions. As pointed out by the examiner [answer-page 5], this
is an “inherent” capability of the Anupam system since anyone can readily log on to
many chat room sessions with a mere command from a user, wherein the command is
the “request,” as claimed. We agree with the examiner that this function is “inherent” to
any system which is connected to the World Wide Web, such connection being made
merely by a simple command (mouse click) by a user. Moreover, appellants have not
challenged the examiner’s allegation of inherency.
With regard to appellants’ argument that Anupam cannot “directly” change to a
new chat session and that there is no need for the user to go back through the
procedure of finding and joining a session, to whatever extent there is any merit in such
arguments, they are not based on any specifically identified claim language and, so, are
not persuasive.
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