Appeal No. 2002-2237 Page 11
Application No. 09/336,046
respect to performing a content search using the link reference
to the prior entry within the next additional entry, and that the
content search uniquely locates the next entry, because at most
there is only one valid entry that includes a link reference to
the immediately prior entry. Accordingly, the rejection of claim
4 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is reversed.
We turn next to the rejection of claims 2 and 5 under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Holtz in view of
Smith. Although appellants do not specifically argue why they
believe the combination of Holtz and Smith does not suggest the
invention set forth in claims 2 and 5, we reverse the rejection
of claim 5 because Smith does not make up for the basic
deficiencies of Holtz. Accordingly, the rejection of claims 2
and 5 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is reversed.
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