Appeal No. 2002-1844
Application 08/975,428
the database art, we see no reason why it would have been obvious
to provide these functions in Gerace since the functions appear
unnecessary. Accordingly, the examiner has failed to establish a
prima facie case of obviousness as to claim 1 and the rejection
of claims 1, 3-15, 29-31 and 37 over Gerace is reversed.
Similarly, because the examiner appears to equate "parsing,
categorizing, indexing, and formatting" in claim 1 to
"transforming" in claim 16, and because we do not find any
"transforming" of any kind, the examiner has failed to establish
a prima facie case of obviousness with respect to claim 16 and
the rejection of claims 16-22 and 33-35 is reversed.
Hyodo or Gerace in view of Dedrick
Dedrick is applied to teach open, closed, or registered
environments in connection with claims 28 and 32 (EA14-16). We
find that Dedrick does not cure the deficiencies of Hyodo or
Gerace. Accordingly, the rejections of claims 28 and 32 over
Hyodo in view of Dedrick and Gerace in view of Hyodo are
reversed.
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