Appeal No. 2004-1339 Page 2
Application No. 09/488,079
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to product labeling and, more particularly, to
novel systems and methods for providing electronic feedback and user information by
registration with vendors of products (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Dlugos, Sr. et al. (Dlugos) 5,153,842 Oct. 6, 1992
Claims 1, 2, 5 to 12, 15 to 19, 22 and 24 to 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Dlugos.
Claims 3, 4, 13, 14, 20, 21 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Dlugos.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 36, mailed January 14, 2004) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 33, filed October 27, 2003) and
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