Appeal No. 2004-0528 Page 2
Application No. 09/204,018
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention generally relates to computers and software, and more
particularly, to a system and method for creating and sharing purchasing lists in a
network system (specification, p. 2). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in
the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
LeRoy et al. (LeRoy) 5,970,474 Oct. 19, 1999
2Market, Too Cool (2Market) ISSN: 1082-0310 March 6, 1995
Claims 61 to 90 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over LeRoy in view of 2Market.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 30, mailed July 29, 2003) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support
of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 29, filed June 30, 2003) and reply brief
(Paper No. 31, filed September 11, 2003) for the appellants' arguments thereagainst.
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