Appeal No. 2003-1031 Page 4
Application No. 09/050,841
("Rosenberg") and U.S. Patent No. 5,796,952 ("Davis"). Claims 9 and 29 stand
rejected under § 103(a) as obvious over Rosenberg; Davis; and U.S. Patent No.
5,946,665 ("Suzuki").3 Claims 18, 19, 21, 38, 39, 41, and 50 stand rejected under
§ 103(a) as obvious over Laura Giacoppo ("Giacoppo"), http://www.dejanews.com,
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Davis. Claims 20 and 40 stand rejected under § 103(a) as obvious over Giacoppo;
Davis; and John Krick ("Krick"), A Cookie for Your Thoughts: Cookies Help Webmasters
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OPINION
Our opinion addresses the claims in the following order:
• claims 1-7, 9, 22-27, 29, 42-46, 51, and 52
• claims 10-17, 30-37, and 47-49
• claims 18-21, 38-41, and 50.
3Although the examiner's statement of the rejection of claims 9 and 29 omits
Davis, (Examiner's Answer at 19), claims 9 and 29 respectively depend from claims 1
and 22, which the examiner rejects under Rosenberg and Davis. (Id. at 2.) Therefore,
we consider the rejection of claims 9 and 29 to include Davis.
4Although the examiner's statement of the rejection of claims 20 and 40 omits
Davis, (Examiner's Answer at 20), claims 20 and 40 respectively depend from claims 19
and 39, which the examiner rejects under Giacoppo and Davis. (Id. at 22.) Therefore,
we consider the rejection of claims 20 and 40 to include Davis.
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