Appeal No. 2003-0048 Page 3
Application No. 09/163,787
identifying, by the client, peripherals having the additional function
by examining data retrieved in said step of retrieving from the list of
servers.
Claims 1-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over U.S.
Patent No. 6,101,528 ("Butt") and U.S. Patent No. 5,933,580 ("Uda").
OPINION
Rather than reiterate the positions of the examiner or the appellants in toto, we
address the main point of contention therebetween. The examiner asserts, "Butt
discloses the client checks (ie. [sic] retrieves) from the registration lists (ie. [sic] data
including that which specifies whether the servers have additional functions from
servers on the list of servers having peripherals) [Butt, col. 4, lines 30-55], a second
registration function list and identifying, by the client, peripherals having the functions by
examining data retrieved in the step of retrieving from the list of servers [Butt, col. 5,
lines 11-42 and col. 5, line 64 - col. 6, line 4]." (Examiner's Answer at 7.) He admits,
however, that "Butt does not specifically disclose an additional function in addition to
peripherals with a basic function." (Id.) The appellants argue, "Butt totally fails to teach
or suggest the retrieving and identifying steps . . ., and Uda et al. fails to supply the
deficiency." (Appeal Br. at 9.)
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