Appeal No. 2005-2686
Application No. 09/879,823
assert without any analysis that the passages of Von Kohorn cited by the examiner do
not disclose a preference profile as claimed [brief, page 17]. The examiner cited a pas-
sage of Von Kohorn describing the dispensing of coupons targeted to a subset of the
total audience [column 105, lines 16-23]. Since we agree with the examiner that the
cited portion of Von Kohorn discloses that a preference profile is determined for
respective users, and since appellants have not explained why the examiner’s position
is in error, we also sustain the examiner’s rejection of claims 48, 49, 53, 54, 58 and 59.
With respect to dependent claims 50, 55 and 60, appellants simply assert without
any analysis that the passages of Von Kohorn cited by the examiner do not disclose
checking a coupon database to determine whether a particular coupon is valid [brief,
page 17]. The examiner has pointed out how the redemption center in Von Kohorn
matches validation codes recorded in order to verify a coupon’s authenticity [answer,
page 22].
Since we agree with the examiner that Von Kohorn discloses a coupon database, and
since appellants have not explained why the examiner’s position is in error, we also
sustain the examiner’s rejection of claims 50, 55 and 60.
With respect to dependent claims 51 and 56, appellants simply assert that the
passages of Von Kohorn cited by the examiner do not disclose serializing the coupons
such that each coupon can be redeemed only once [brief, page 17]. The examiner has
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