Appeal No. 2004-1585
Application No. 09/283,562
Claims 1 through 12 and 14 through 22 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the appellants’
admitted prior art in view of Wright.
Claim 13 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over the appellants’ admitted prior art in view of
Wright and Shuman.
Reference is made to the brief (paper number 17) and the
answer (paper number 18) for the respective positions of the
appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
and we will reverse the 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of claims
1 through 22.
Appellants have admitted (specification, pages 1 and 2) that
it is known in the art to immediately publish some stories (e.g.,
scores from a sporting event) on a Web site without review, and
to publish other stories (e.g., a background piece on the athlete
that made the scores) on a Web site only after review for
correctness and appropriateness. The immediately publishable
stories belong to a so-called fast category, and the stories that
have to be reviewed before publication belong to a so-called slow
category. Based upon appellants’ perceived need in the art for
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