Appeal No. 2004-1003
Application No. 09/728,250
We agree with appellants.
The examiner does not disagree with all of appellants’ arguments. Rather, when it comes
to the argument re “formatting data for each style is provided in the style sheet and stored
separately from the user data. Thus, the present invention allows the user to switch the style of
the entire resume in a single command without having to reenter personal data” (brief-page 9),
the examiner responds only by pointing out that the instant claims do not specifically recite that a
style sheet is stored separately from user data, or that a single command is required to change a
style.
While these words do not explicitly appear in the claims, we note that at least
independent claims 1 and 12 require that each resume style has a corresponding style sheet, that
data is collected from the user (and a file is automatically created therefrom), that the user selects
one resume style, and that there is a step of “applying the style sheet corresponding to the
selected resume style to the file to transform the file into a resume file...”. Such language makes
it clear to us that the file created from the user data is separate from the plurality of resume styles,
one of which is selected by the user. The style sheet is then “applied” to the user data file,
making it very clear that the style sheet corresponding to the selected resume is “separate” from
the user data file, and this application of the style sheet to the user data file transforms the user
data file into a resume file. Thus, it is apparent that the user can switch the style of the entire
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