Appeal No. 2004-2250
Application No. 09/542,154
providing access to these sources through their association with
customized toolbar buttons. In this case the reason for the
modification comes not only from the benefits of modifying the
functions associated with each toolbar button of Brown, but from
the fact that the use of video feeds from a dwelling or home
appliance is taught by Namma and Humpleman as useful data sources
associated with customized icons such as those of Brown. In
fact, as discussed above, all the references recognize the
benefits of using such icons in a personalized toolbar to have
access to data sources specifically selected by the user.
With respect to claim 30, The Examiner properly provided
supporting evidence for taking of Official Notice by relying on
Charles Schwab web site (captured in 1997) presenting a list of
services as the link to the site is manipulated (answer, page 5).
The Examiner further argues that this page is a typical page that
is accessed when the “Money” button in Figure 2a of Brown is
manipulated (answer, page 16). We find that Appellants have not
identified any clear flaw in the reasoning of the Examiner, nor
have they pointed to any evidence of record indicating that the
findings of the Examiner are unsupportable. We also remain
unpersuaded by Appellants’ arguments (suppl. brief, page 7) that
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