Appeal No. 2003-0360
Application No. 08/947,032
after which a document is automatically archived if it has not
been accessed or modified.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as
follows:
1. In a computer-based document management system,
a method for archiving an electronic document comprising
the steps of:
defining an archiving condition for use in
determining whether an electronic document is to be
archived;
electronically analyzing a document attribute of
an electronic document to determine if the document
attribute satisfies the archiving condition; and
triggering said automatic archiving process in
order to electronically archive the electronic document
if the document attribute satisfies the archiving
condition.
The examiner cites the following reference:
Blandford 5,347,579 Sep. 13, 1994
Claims 1-5, 8-13, 18-22, 25-32 and 37-40 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. §103 as unpatentable over Blandford.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner.
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