Appeal No. 2006-0558
Application 09/800,113
transferring the data from the laboratory information system
application program, to an operating system for printing;
transferring the data, by the operating system, to the
printer driver;
formatting the data, by the printer driver, into a format
required by an external monitoring facility; and
storing the formatted data in a file for extraction by the
external monitoring facility.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
French 5,437,024 Jul. 25, 1995
Suzuki et al (Suzuki) 6,665,081 Dec. 16, 2003
(Filed Oct. 7, 1998)
All claims on appeal, claims 1 through 8, stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner
relies upon French in view of Suzuki.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellant and the
examiner, reference is made to the brief and reply brief for
appellant’s positions, and to the answer for the examiner’s
positions.
OPINION
For the reasons set forth by the examiner in the answer, as
amplified here, we sustain the rejection of all claims on appeal
under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Inasmuch as appellant’s principal brief
on appeal considers independent claims 1, 2, 3 and 4 together, we
consider claim 1 as representative. No arguments are presented
as to respective dependent claims 5, 6, 7, and 8.
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