Appeal No. 2004-2085
Application 09/272,542
price, as claimed. Furthermore, we find that there in no
teaching that the offers in Harrington specify an "exposure time"
as discussed in regard to claim 33.
In addition, as discussed in connection with claim 33, we
find nothing in Harrington that corresponds to "contra-side
orders," which is an order on the opposite side of the order.
A "contra-side order" and a "response" are separately claimed
elements and it is not proper to read them both onto the same
"bid" in Harrington.
We conclude that Harrington does not disclose or make
obvious the limitations of "specifying in the order a price for
the financial product ... and an exposure time," a "contra-side
order," and the limitations referring to a "contra-side order."
In addition, Harrington does not disclose or suggest matching the
first order to responses and contra-side orders, "with a first
one of the responses that meets the conditions specified by the
order terminating the auction," as discussed in the analysis of
claim 1. The rejection of claims 14-23 is reversed.
Group VII: claims 40 and 65-70
Claim 40 is representative.
The examiner finds that Harrington discloses sealed-bid and
silent and blind auctions where the current highest bid and
identity are unknown and concludes that it would have been
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