Appeal No. 2004-1548
Application 09/127,954
store meta-information. Moreover, there is no suggestion that
the server 2, "based on comparing the update information in said
meta-information table with predetermined criteria, generates a
list of documents corresponding to the predetermined criteria and
transmits the list to the information collection apparatus." The
server in Matsumoto only transmits meta-information. Hashimoto
does not cure these deficiencies in Matsumoto.
We conclude that the examiner has failed to establish a
prima facie case of obviousness. The rejection of claims 1-6, 8,
9, and 19 is reversed.
Group 2: Claim 7
The rejection of claim 7 is reversed because it depends on
claim 1.
Group 3: Claim 10
Claim 10 recites "a document storage unit that stores web
pages," "a meta-information table that stores information
including a status of each web page stored in said document
storage unit," and "creating, in response to a collection
request, a list of web pages in said document storage that have
been modified since a previous collection request."
The examiner states that "Matsumoto's teaching includes
documents that can be invoked and retrieved through links stored
in the server (see items 23 and 25), wherein such hyperlinked
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