Appeal No. 2004-1330
Application 09/538,089
information learned in the course is applied in the simulations.
The welding simulation is a "work-related project" where students
are being prepared to be welders. The specification does not
provide a definition which would exclude a project involving
manual tasks, like the welding simulation in Brush, instead of
non-manual tasks such as writing or calculating. While it is
argued that a "work-related project is a project outside of the
theoretic environment of the classroom" (Br5), the claims do not
preclude the project from being performed in the classroom.
Appellants do not discuss why the simulations are not "work-
related projects," as broadly claimed.
Brush also has a final Learning Block No. 9 for
certification which is a composite of different sections of the
course (col. 17, line 60 to col. 18, line 49). Appellants do not
dispute that this final learning block is a "second examination
after completion of said project."
For the reasons stated above, we conclude that no error has
been shown in the examiner's finding of anticipation. The
rejection of claims 1-7 is affirmed.
Claims 8-11, 13, and 14
Appellants argue that claim 8 contains the same limitation
of "providing a work-related project wherein said instructional
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