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.)Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007