Appeal No. 2003-1877
Application No. 09/375,071
claimed redesignating region hence [sic, is] very similar to
Sherman [sic] teaching of redesignating region." The referenced
portion of Sherman explains that when an object is edited, the
system locates the beginning and end address of the object and
moves all objects after the end address to the beginning address.
The beginning address remains the beginning address, and no
redesignating a first storage region as a new end of file region
is disclosed.
Since Sherman fails to disclose the redesignation limitation
of independent claim 1, we cannot sustain the anticipation
rejection of claim 1 and its dependent, claim 2. Further, as
discussed supra, each of the remaining independent claims recites
redesignation of file regions. Since Blowers fails to cure the
deficiency of Sherman, we cannot sustain the obviousness
rejection of independent claims 8, 12, 17, 20, and 24, nor of
dependent claims 3 through 7, 9 through 11, 13 through 16, 18,
19, 21 through 23, 25, and 26.
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