Appeal No. 2004-2271
Application No. 09/731,650
an input storing function for storing user-input data in the
rows of user input fields into hidden fields responsive to
operation of said “NEXT” button such that a user may store an
unlimited quantity of user input data and continue indefinitely
to enter an unlimited amount of additional input data reusing the
same set of rows of fields until the user indicates all data has
been entered.
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Block et al. (Block) US 2003/0050976 A1 March 13, 2003
(Filed September 20, 2002 as a continuation of application
No. 09/546,000 filed on April 10, 2000)
Rejections At Issue
Claims 1-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being
anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being obvious over Block.1
1 We treat this rejection as solely a rejection under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102 as we are uncertain which claims the Examiner intends to
reject under 35 U.S.C. § 103. The Examiner has used form
paragraph 7.27 which is NOT intended to be commonly used as a
substitute for a rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 102. In other
words, whenever possible a single rejection should be made under
either 35 U.S.C. § 102 or 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) using appropriate
form paragraphs 7.15 to 7.19, 7.21 and 7.22. The MPEP permits an
alternative rejection to be made only in a few limited situations
where claim scope is at issue. That is not the situation before
us. Examples of circumstances where this paragraph may be
properly used are found in the Examiner Notes accompanying form
paragraph 7.27 in the MPEP.
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