Appeal No. 2002-1952
Application No. 09/071,373
that Florin does not disclose that the programs are marked for
establishing reminders without requiring a previous display of a
program listing (answer, page 4). The Examiner bases a
conclusion of obviousness on teachings of Kelly that TV events
may be bookmarked as they are broadcast since user does not need
to sort through the program listing (answer, page 5).
Appellants argue that Florin’s mark button performs one of
the two functions of jumping among currently-viewed programs
which are marked and establishing a reminder for a future program
using a program listing (brief, page 6). Additionally,
Appellants assert that the jump feature is accessed by pressing
the mark button while viewing a program, whereas the reminder
feature is accessed by pressing the mark button while viewing the
program listing (id.). Appellants further point out that the
bookmarking function of Kelly is similar to creating a list of
web sites and is unrelated to providing a reminder for an event
related to a program (brief, pages 7 & 8).
In response, the Examiner argues that Florin’s jump feature
is used for jumping to a program that “had been ‘marked’ or
‘reminded’ at an earlier point in time so that one can viewed
[sic.] the marked program at a later time by pressing the jump
button” (answer, page 6). Furthermore, the Examiner makes the
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