Appeal No. 1999-0828 Page 19
Application No. 08/526,743
changed, and resaved in the past. Upon selection, the file is
"automatically displayed." Accordingly, the rejection of claim
17 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is affirmed.
Turning next to the rejection of claim 9, the claim requires
that the new default quote is automatically displayable in
response to a reset input to start a new quote. We find that in
figures 6 and 9U of Greulich, a customer can select "clear" to
reset an order screen, and can also open a saved file. However,
Greulich does not disclose automatically opening a saved file in
response to a "clear" order resetting the order screen. We agree
with the examiner that Greulich teaches or suggests that a saved
file can be opened and used by the customer as a default quote.
We additionally agree with the examiner (answer, page 6) that "it
is old and well-known in the art to open a saved file as a
default [file]." However, we do not agree with the examiner's
assertion (final rejection, page 5) that opening a saved file in
Greulich is a reset input. We find that in Greulich, selecting
"clear" (figure 6) is a reset input as it resets the order screen
(figure 9U). In addition, we find that a skilled artisan would
not have been motivated to use a saved file as the reset order
screen, because a reset (empty) order screen is needed in the
event the user wishes to create a form that is completely
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