Appeal No. 2002-1952
Application No. 09/071,373
setting a reminder for later viewing,” Kelly still bookmarks
broadcast events or sets reminders from a program listing and
cannot cure the deficiencies of Florin.
Appellants further argue that there is no motivation to
combine the teachings of Florin and Kelly because each reference
deals with a problem different from the claimed establishing a
reminder without the requirement of previously displaying a
program listing (brief, pages 9 & 10). Additionally, Appellants
point to the lack of concern for allowing a user to set a
reminder without using a program listing in the applied art
(brief, page 10). Appellants assert that Kelly merely adds data
associated with a current broadcast to a database and therefore,
provides no suggestion for modifying Florin to result in the
claimed invention (id.).
The Examiner repeatedly states that saving the user’s time
spent for “sorting through extraneous menu layers” (answer, pages
9 & 10), is the reason for combining Florin and Kelly. However,
the Examiner has not pointed to any specific teachings in the
prior art related to saving the user’s time or other teachings
that would have motivated one of ordinary skill in the art to
combine Kelly and Florin, nor do we find such reasons in the
references. We agree with Appellants that the disclosure of
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