Appeal No. 2002-0886
Application No. 08/674,937
12. A method for making at least one additional font available
to a system, wherein data is stored in a storage medium and is
available to the system, the method comprising the steps of:
storing the at least one additional font in the storage
medium in a manner that minimizes or eliminates an amount of
unused space in the storage medium;
determining whether or not a key is associated with the
system;
making at least one of the at least one additional font
stored in the storage medium available to the system when the key
is associated with the system; and
having only the data stored in the storage medium be
available to the system when the key is not associated with the
system.
Reference
The reference relied on by the Examiner is as follows:
Sone et al. (Sone) 5,175,811 Dec. 29, 1992
Rejection at Issue
Claims 12-24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being
anticipated by Sone.
Throughout the opinion, we will make reference to the
briefs1 and answer for the respective details thereof.
1 Appellant filed an appeal brief on August 10, 1998.
Appellant filed a reply brief on November 5, 1998. The Examiner
mailed an Office communication on July 5, 2002, stating that the
reply brief has been entered and considered.
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