Appeal No. 2006-0641
Application No. 09/416,536
Claims 1, 6, 11, 16, 21 and 24 through 26 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Wilcox.
Claims 14 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Anderson.
Reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the
respective positions of the appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
and we will sustain the anticipation rejection of claims 1, 3, 5,
6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20 through 23, 25 and 26 based upon
the teachings of Anderson, sustain the anticipation rejection of
claims 1, 6, 11, 16, 21 and 24 based upon the teachings of
Wilcox, reverse the anticipation rejection of claims 25 and 26
based upon the teachings of Wilcox, and sustain the obviousness
rejection of claims 14 and 19.
Turning first to the anticipation rejection of claim 1 based
upon the teachings of Anderson, the examiner has presented
findings (answer, page 3) that Anderson discloses all of the
limitations of this claim. Appellant argues (brief, pages 5 and
6) that claim 1 is not anticipated by the teachings of Anderson
because in Anderson the graphics portions (i.e., tabs) 260 are
preset on each of the pages 251 of the spreadsheet (Figure 2C;
column 7, line 51 through column 8, line 21), and, as a result of
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