Appeal No. 2004-1330
Application 09/538,089
given to him/her without an opportunity to apply it to work-
related project.
Appellants argue that "Labs # 6 and 7" (i.e., Learning Blocks
Nos. 6 and 7) relied upon by the examiner "are not work-related
projects--rather they are continued instructions to the student"
(Br5).
The examiner responds that there is no specific definition
of a "work-related project" in the specification and gives the
term the definition of "a task or problem completed by at least
one student to supplement and apply classroom studies, where the
classroom studies and the task or problem are connected to the
labor, task or duty that define the student's accustomed means of
livelihood" (EA7). The examiner finds that the classroom
materials are directed to the specific operation of welding
equipment and a project must relate to the performance of the
welding task. The examiner finds that the welding simulation in,
for example, Fig. 4G, requires the student to apply instructional
information from the classroom training (EA7).
The welding training course in Brush includes both quizes
(question parts) and simulations with a simulated welding torch.
Learning Blocks Nos. 2 to 5 (Figs. 4B to 4D) require the student
to take quizes containing questions related to instructional
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