Appeal No. 2003-1877
Application No. 09/375,071
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as
follows:
1. A method for storing data in a file comprising the
steps of:
associating a defined number of storage regions with the
file including a first region and an end of file region;
storing data in the associated storage regions to provide an
unused size of the file corresponding to a portion of the
associated storage regions not containing data; and then
receiving additional data;
redesignating the first region as a new end of file region;
and
storing at least a portion of the additional data in the new
end of file region.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Sherman 5,432,928 Jul. 11, 1995
Blowers et al. (Blowers) 6,298,474 Oct. 02, 2001
(filed Apr. 30, 1999)
Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Sherman.
Claims 3 through 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Sherman in view of Blowers.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 17,
mailed April 21, 2003) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to appellants' Brief (Paper
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