Appeal No. 2004-1980
Application No. 10/153,200
The central controller of Shkedy includes storage devices (buyer
database 255 and seller database 260) and, similar to the claimed
main controller, is capable of receiving and storing purchase
requests as well as transferring and storing inquiries and
responses (col. 10, lines 1-20). We also observe that the
detailed functional description that Appellants attempt to
attribute to the claimed main controller (brief, page 10) is not
actually recited in claim 31. To the extent that is claimed, the
communications between the customers and the vendors and access
to the records related to the requests are all through the main
controller, which read on the function of the central controller
in Shkedy.
We also agree with the Examiner that the buyer interface and
the seller interface of Shkedy are capable of receiving inquiries
and transferring responses through the central controller. As
discussed above and disclosed in Figures 3 and 4, these
interfaces do include processing, storage and communication
elements (CPU 305/405, storage 360/460 and modem 350/450) that
facilitate receiving a request, storing a record thereof and
transferring a response thereto, as recited in claims 31 and 32.
Based on our findings above, we agree with the Examiner that
Shkedy prima facie anticipates the claimed subject matter in the
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