Appeal No. 2003-0238
Application No. 08/886,349
an exclusive base of respondents who have registered, but fails
to disclose how they have registered. However, the point of
Greenfield Online is to conduct surveys on-line. Further, Dacko
discloses (in paragraphs 21-23):
*Encoding data without transcribing from paper:
Computer-assisted data collection methods often enable
the interviewer or respondent to encode data directly
into a computer data base. Numerous hours of tedious
effort can then be eliminated by avoiding transcription
from paper surveys.
*Minimizing errors in data: Errors in the data are less
likely with computer-assisted data collection
considering, for example, the possibility of errors
being introduced during manual transcriptions of paper
surveys or errors in deciphering illegible interviewer
or respondent handwriting.
*Speedier data collection and encoding: Computer-based
survey methods can speed the process of gathering data
at any or all of five points in the data collection
process . . . . Clearly, all of these add up to time
savings, and potential cost savings.
Since registering potential participants is a form of data
collection, it would have been obvious to the skilled artisan
that the benefits of on-line surveys would equally apply to on-
line registration. Specifically, on-line registration would
enable the data to be encoded directly into a computer data base,
thereby minimizing the time and errors involved with
transcribing. Accordingly, Dacko would have suggested to one of
ordinary skill in the art to register the exclusive base of
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