Appeal No. 2002-0277
Application 08/618,005
store said inventory information in said database;
in response to receipt of travel request information
specifying a travel itinerary, access said database to retrieve
computer reservation system inventory information and travel
agency profile information; and
determine from among the inventory information retrieved
from said database using the travel agency profile information,
the lowest cost available travel arrangements that conform to
said specified travel itinerary.
Throughout the opinion, we make references to the briefs1
and the answer for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
With full consideration being given to the subject matter on
appeal, the Examiner’s rejection and the arguments of the
Appellants and Examiner, for the reasons stated infra, we reverse
the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1 through 5, 7 through 10 and
12 through 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
In rejecting claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the Examiner
bears the initial burden of establishing a prima facie case of
obviousness. In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1445, 24 USPQ2d 1443,
1444 (Fed. Cir. 1992). See also In re Piasecki, 745 F.2d 1468,
1 Appellants filed an appeal brief on June 6, 2001.
Appellants filed a reply brief on October 1, 2001. The Examiner
mailed an Office communication on November 2, 2001, stating that
the reply brief has been entered.
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