Appeal No. 2005-2643
Reexamination Control No. 90/005,842
reading the definition and the examples, one of skill would understand that
there must be a direct correspondence between the rate of inflation and
the amount by which the variable interest component is adjusted.
Brief at 8.
The remaining claim construction issues are addressed below in the discussions
of the rejections.
F. The references
The rejections rely on the following references:
4,774,663 Musmanno et al. (“Musmanno”) Sep. 27, 1988
(filed Nov. 21, 1983)
Santosh Mukherjee and Claire Orlans, Indexation in an Inflationary Economy – A
Case Study of Finland, Vol. XL, Broadsheet No. 551, PEP – The Social Science
Institute, April 1975, at 50-73 and 106-11 (“Mukherjee”).6
Gloria J. Weiner, Choosing a home equity plan,” 84 Restaurant Business 100
(Feb. 10, 1985) (“Weiner”).
G. The grounds of rejection
Claims 1-24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over
Mukherjee in view of Musmanno.
6 A better copy of Mukherjee than is currently of record accompanies this
decision.
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