Appeal No. 2002-1734
Application 09/399,066
Representative claim 50 is reproduced below:
50. A method for using self-removing messages,
comprising the steps of creating a self-removing message at an
origin and then transmitting the self-removing message toward a
recipient, wherein the creating step comprises including self-
removing code in the message.
The following reference is relied on by the examiner:
Wilfred J. Hansen, “Enhancing documents with embedded programs:
How Ness extends insets in the Andrew ToolKit,” IEEE, 1990,
pages 23-32.
Claims 50 through 52, 54, 55, 57 and 68 through 71
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102. Claims 53 and 56 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the
examiner relies upon Hansen alone.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellant and
the examiner, reference is made to the Briefs and the Answer for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We reverse.
Each of respective independent claims 50 through 52
requires in part the creation of a self-removing message at a
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