Appeal No. 2004-0499
Application No. 09/251,789
limited to an acknowledgment that e-mail, list servers, or
subscription maintenance directories are well known methods for
distributing information in a network, we do not find this
contention to be persuasive. For example, it is our view that
the skilled artisan would recognize and appreciate that the
precise purpose of communication with a network list server would
be to distribute address information throughout the associated
network.
In summary, we have sustained the Examiner’s 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph, and 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejections of all
of the claims on appeal. Therefore, the decision of the Examiner
rejecting claims 1-29 is affirmed.
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