Appeal No. 2006-0430 Page 5
Application No. 09/859,425
points of contention therebetween, viz., storing translations and translating textual and
graphical elements.
A. STORING TRANSLATIONS
The examiner makes the following findings.
Since Tso specifically teaches dynamic translation of language content,
the Examiner believes Tso teaches the claimed language table storage.
The Examiner believes a reasonable interpretation of a table is an orderly
arrangement of data. In light of this reasonable interpretation, a language
table for translation purposes is necessary to match each original
language content element with a corresponding translated language
content element. Thus, the Examiner believes Tso necessarily teaches a
language table storage to implement the dynamic language translation
described in col. 8 lines 41-50.
(Examiner's Answer at 16.) The appellants argue, " it is incorrect and unreasonable to
consider the storage of font information by Chan to teach or suggest storage of
characters." (Appeal Br. at 11.)
"In addressing the point of contention, the Board conducts a two-step analysis.
First, we construe the representative claims at issue to determine their scope. Second,
we determine whether the construed claims would have been obvious." Ex Parte
Suzuki, No. 2002-2177, 2004 WL 1046892, at *3 (Bd.Pat.App & Int. 2004).
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