Appeal No. 2005-0823
Application No. 10/300,895 Page 3
“IATA to Fuse Back-Office Functions of 60 BSP Sites,”
(hereinafter IATA) Inside IT; Aug. 26, 1998.
“Industry Agents’ Handbook” (hereinafter IAH), Sections 8.6 and
10, 1/2002.
Claims 64, 72, 80, 88, 96, 104, 112 and 120 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph as being indefinite.
Claims 1-3, 7-12, 14, 15, 19, 20, 37-39, 43-46, 48, 50, 51,
55, 56, 62-66, 70-74, 78-82, 86-90, 94-98, 102-106, 110-114, and
118-122 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Industry Agents Handbook in view of Brice,
IATA, and Cogswell2.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and appellant regarding the above-noted rejections,
we make reference to the examiner's answer (mailed October 19,
2004) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to appellants' brief (filed September 3, 2004),
the reply brief (filed November 29, 2004), as well as the
2 We observe that in the final rejection, claims 66, 74, 82, 90, 98,
106, 114 and 122 were additionally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over IAH in view of Brice, IATA, Cogswell and "applicant's
disclosure." In addition, claims 66, 74, 82, 90, 98, 106, 114 and 122 were
additionally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over IAH
in view of Brice, IATA and "applicant's disclosure." As these two rejections
have not been repeated in the examiner's answer, we presume that these
rejections have been withdrawn by the examiner. See Ex parte Emm, 118 USPQ
180, 181 (Bd. App. 1957).
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