Ex Parte MAULDIN - Page 2




              Appeal No. 2002-0040                                                                  Page 2                
              Application No. 08/937,392                                                                                  


              shown.  The link has associated link text, which reads "behavior page."  The link and                       
              link text may be used to create an entry for an associated file 134 although the latter file                
              has not been downloaded.  (Id.)                                                                             


                     A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following                    
              claim:                                                                                                      
                            6. A method of constructing an entry in a catalog of files stored on                          
                     a network, comprising:                                                                               
                            downloading files for processing;                                                             
                            saving link text from the downloaded files and address information                            
                     associated with said link text; and                                                                  
                            using the address information and the link text to create an entry in                         
                     the catalog for a file not downloaded for processing.                                                


                     Claims 4 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a) as anticipated by Duda                        
              et al. (“Duda”), Content Routing in a Network of WAIS Servers Distributed Computing                         
              Systems,  Proceedings of the 14th Int’l Conference on Distributed Computing Systems,                        
              1994, pp. 124-32.  Claim 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over                          
              Duda.                                                                                                       




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