Appeal No. 2003-0549 Page 5
Application No. 09/149,408
OPINION
Our opinion addresses the claims in the following order:
• claims 1, 5-11, 15, 16, and 20
• claim 21.
A. CLAIMS 1, 5-11, 15, 16, AND 20
Rather than reiterate the positions of the examiner or the appellants in toto, we
focus on the main point of contention therebetween. The examiner asserts, "Coleman
discloses . . . enabling a user to apply formatting changes to less than all of the plurality
of pages of the copy (column 2, lines 54-57 and the abstract, lines 6-12) . . . free from
changing the original document (rotating or copying the document) (column 3, lines 37-
40 and column 8, lines 1-5). . . ." (Examiner's Answer at 4.) The appellants argue,
"Coleman discloses an interface in which modifications are performed on a page of the
original document and a replica of the modified page is then created to reflect the
changes to the original." (Reply Br. at 4.)
In addressing the point of contention, the Board conducts a two-step analysis.
First, we construe the independent claim at issue to determine their scope. Second, we
determine whether the construed claims are anticipated or would have been obvious.
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