Ex Parte EWELL et al - Page 10




              Appeal No. 2003-2076                                                                Page 10                 
              Application No. 09/428,364                                                                                  


                     With regard to these differences, the examiner determined (final rejection, pp. 3-                   
              5) that it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art to (1) include                  
              with the system of Scholder documentation with installation code element labels that                        
              also appear on the connectors as suggested by Crane, and (2) include the section                            
              identifying headings of Commodore with the computer system of Scholder as modified                          
              by Crane.                                                                                                   


                     The appellants argue that the applied prior art does not suggest each information                    
              section in the installation documentation being marked with a section identifying                           
              heading that includes the installation code element which marks the respective system                       
              connector and respective external connector to which the information section pertains.                      
              We agree.  In that regard, it is our opinion that the applied prior art does not suggest                    
              having the plurality of installation code elements which mark the plurality of system                       
              connectors also mark the respective external connector adapted to connect with the                          
              respective system connector let alone that each information section of the installation                     
              documentation containing information pertaining to making the desired connection                            
              between one of the system connectors and the respective external connector also                             
              being marked with the installation code element which marks the respective system                           
              connector and respective external connector to which the information section pertains.                      









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