Appeal No. 2002-2174
Application No. 09/263,166 Page 15
incentive in the incentive system" as required by claim 93. We
additionally find that this display occurs when the consumer
computer is connected to the system. We moreover find that the
distribution of the bid information to the appropriate interfaces
meets the claimed "published at the one or more locations."
Additionally, we observe that independent claim 93 does not
recite that the consumer computer accesses one of the locations
containing the selecting mechanism of the particular incentive.
claim 93 recites that the consumer computer is programmed to
display the incentive existence message indicating the existence
of the incentive in the system, which is met by the displaying of
the processed bid information. Claim 93 further recites that the
display occurs when the consumer computer is connected to a
location on the network, which is met by the interface being
connected to the system and in communication with the Moderator.
Accordingly, we do not agree with appellants that these features
of claim 93 are not met by Johnson. The rejection of claim 93
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is therefore affirmed.
We turn next to claim 13. The claim recites that the set of
parameters of the incentive comprises an incentive existence
message, and that one parameter is the incentive existence
message. Appellants assert (brief, page 18) that the incentive
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