Appeal No. 2005-2439
Application No. 09/754,378
his invention. We agree with the examiner that the artisan would
have been motivated to use the Internet as the interactive
network in Von Kohorn because the Internet has become accessible
to nearly everyone who owns a personal computer and the Internet
has become the wide area network of choice by such computer
users. Thus, applying the teachings of Saigh to Von Kohorn does
not render Von Kohorn inoperable for its intended purpose, but
only makes an additional form of communication available to the
coupon distributors.
With respect to the third argument noted above, appellants
simply recite the various limitations of independent claim 76,
and then assert with essentially no explanation or analysis that
the portions of Von Kohorn cited by the examiner fail to teach
the claim limitations [brief, pages 20-22]. The examiner
responds by again citing several portions of Von Kohorn which,
according to the examiner, meet the individual recitations of
claim 76 [answer, pages 21-34]. Appellants respond that the
rejection fails to show the following elements of claim 76:
1) storing the electronic coupon data at an Internet accessible
location; 2) receiving a request for coupon data at the central
location; 3) determining at the Internet accessible location
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