Appeal No. 2004-1003
Application No. 09/728,250
RESUMAKER October 30, 1999
(www.www.resumes.com/resumaker)
MICROSOFT WORD 2000, 1999
Microsoft Corporation, screenshots pages 1-21
Claims 1-33 and 38-46 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103 as unpatentable over
Resumes.com website and ResuMaker online resume creation database in view of Microsoft.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the respective positions of appellants and
the examiner.
OPINION
It is the examiner’s position, with regard to independent claim 1, that ResuMaker teaches
the claimed subject matter but for each resume style defining formatting parameters for the entire
online resume, including margins, font type/size, justifications, with each style having an
associated style sheet including positions of fields of data. The examiner turns to Microsoft for a
teaching of various resume templates (Contemporary, Elegant, and Professional), noting that
“activation of each style results in both a preview and a default editable document based upon
each style template, with specific formatting parameters specific to each style, as applied to a
specific resume in its entirety” (answer-page 4).
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