Appeal No. 2002-1755
Application No. 09/173,286
Finally, with regard to claim 18, we will not sustain the
rejection of this claim under 35 U.S.C. § 103 because the claim
depends from claim 17 which includes the restricted universe of
contributing users discussed supra with regard to claim 1. Since
Microsoft Office lacks a teaching or suggestion of this feature
and Hibbeler’s disclosure does nothing to remedy this deficiency
in Microsoft Office, we will not sustain the rejection of claim
18.
CONCLUSION
We have sustained the rejection of claims 10 and 13-16 under
35 U.S.C. § 103, but we have not sustained the rejection of
claims 1-9, 11, 12, 17 and 18 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Accordingly, the examiner’s decision is affirmed-in-part.
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