Appeal No. 2001-2003
Application 08/939,185
Lopresti. As such, the data engine requirement of claim 55 for
receiving reformatted information and storing it in the various
data stores of Figures 4-6 of Lopresti appears to be self-
evident. The bulk of the discussion in this opinion already has
indicated that various graphical query interface capabilities
exist in the hand held device of Lopresti to the extent broadly
recited at the end of claim 55 on appeal.
Finally, we make mention earlier in this opinion our
observations about the accessibility of various types of
additional, second or different data sources as inclusive of the
Internet, which obviously indicates to the artisan the use of a
uniform resource locator (URL) as recited in claim 58. Each of
these references is clearly a second location external to the
databases of Lopresti's device. Because Lopresti does teach the
features recited in dependent claim 58, we are unpersuaded by
appellants' remarks at page 15 of the principal brief on appeal.
As a final matter, we note in passing that the subject
matter of claims 43-48 and 60-67 may be subject to rejections
under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as being directed to non-statutory subject
matter, a graphical user interface per se. This clearly is a
data construct, such as in the form of an abstract intellectual
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