Appeal No. 2005-1431
Application 09/442,070
the '701 patent, are available to provide written description support under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, for the claimed subject matter.10
C. Appellants' patent disclosure
Appellants' patent discloses a computer system and method (col. 2, ll. 55-57) for editing a
compound document which is generated by a first application and includes linked or embedded
data generated by one or more other applications. Col. 7, ll. 38-41.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2, a compound document 101 named VAC1.DOC includes
(a) text 104 created by a word processing program, (b) scheduling data 102 generated as a chart
by a project management program 201, and (c) budgeting data 103 generated by a spreadsheet
program 204. Col. 1, l. 22 to col. 2, l. 11.
The compound document 101 as a whole is referred to as a "container" object, and the
project management and spreadsheet objects 102 and 103 which are embedded or linked therein
are "containee" objects. Col. 7, ll. 46-53. An application that creates a compound document
(e.g., Microsoft WordŽ, hereinafter "Word") is referred to as a container or client application,
and an application that creates and manipulates containee objects (e.g., Microsoft ExcelŽ,
hereinafter "Excel") is referred to as a server application. Col. 8, ll. 50-53. In a preferred
embodiment, application programs ("applications") cooperate using object linking and
10 "[N]ew matter rejections of claims under § 251 have been reviewed on the basis of a
§ 112 analysis, that is, on whether a claim found support in an original patent." In re Rasmussen,
650 F.2d 1212, 1214, 211 USPQ 323, 326 (CCPA 1981) (citing In re East, 495 F.2d 1361, 1366,
181 USPQ 716, 719 (CCPA 1974)).
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