Appeal No. 2006-0533
Application 09/838,420
referencing said one or plurality of Boolean variables
in one or a plurality of cells; and
determining the content of said cell or plurality of
cells;
wherein each of said Boolean variables can be set as
“True” or “False,” and impact the content of a cell within an
electronic spreadsheet.
The following references are relied on by the Examiner:
Kelly, Julia, Using Microsoft Excel 97, 3 Edition, Que Corp.,rd
Indianapolis, IN (c) 1998, pp. 124-131, 138-144, 154-189,
209-210, 337-343, 561 and 563.
Deitel, H.M., et al., C++: How to program, 2 Edition, Prenticend
Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, (c) 1994, pp. 10, 106-110, 147,
243-244, 256-262, 448, 473-479, 483-485, 707-730, 981-987 and
1043-1045.
Microsoft Computer Dictionary, 4 Edition, Microsoft Press,th
Redmond, WA, (c) 1999, pp. 29, 56-58, 79, 229, 272, 420 and 434.
Claim 11 stands rejected under the second paragraph of
35 U.S.C. § 112 as being indefinite. This claim is also rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as being directed to non-statutory subject
matter. Finally, claims 1 through 11, all claims on appeal,
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obvious-
ness, the examiner relies upon Kelly in view of Deitel, further
in view of the Computer Dictionary.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellants and
the examiner, reference is made to the Brief and Reply Brief for
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