Appeal No. 1999-0828 Page 13
Application No. 08/526,743
files as default quotes, in order to save time in placing a new
order. From all of the above, the rejection of claim 1 under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) is affirmed.
Turning next to dependent claim 2, appellants assert (brief,
page 7) that Greulich does not disclose that the default quote
includes a default value for quantity, but rather that Greulich
teaches the opposite, i.e., that quantity must be entered by the
user. We find this limitation to be met by Greulich for two
reasons. The first is that upon reopening a saved file where
screen 40 was completely filled in, a default quote is displayed.
The second reason is that Greulich discloses (col. 7, lines 5-9)
that “[i]n order to provide the customer with information that
can assist him/her in optimizing the order, a display 42 is also
preferably provided showing the different prices that exist if
different quantities are ordered.” From this disclosure of
Greulich, we find that as shown in figure 4, to help in
optimizing an order, the different standard quantities that can
be ordered are displayed to the user at 42. Accordingly, the
rejection of claim 2 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is affirmed.
Turning next to dependent claim 3, appellants have not
presented arguments with respect to the specific limitations of
this claim. We agree with the examiner (final rejection, page 5)
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