Appeal No. 2003-1329
Application No. 09/131,386
The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting
the claims:
Rosen 5,557,518 Sep. 17, 1996
Stefik et al (Stefik) 5,629,980 May 13, 1997
Ginter et al. (Ginter) 5,892,900 Apr. 6, 1999
(filed Aug. 30, 1996)
Claims 11-13 and 30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Stefik.
Claims 14-19, 21 and 26-28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Stefik, Ginter and Rosen.
Claim 29 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Stefik and Ginter.
We make reference to the answer (Paper No. 22, mailed
November 15, 2002) for the Examiner’s reasoning, and to the
appeal brief (Paper No. 21, filed September 5, 2002) and the
reply brief (Paper No. 25, filed March 14, 2003) for Appellants’
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
With respect to the rejection of claims 11-13, 20, 22-25 and
30, Appellants point out that Stefik teaches that digital works
are stored in repositories and may be transported between
repositories in compliance with usage rights that are permanently
attached to the digital works (brief, page 10; reply brief,
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