Appeal No. 2006-0895
Application No. 09/902,515
BACKGROUND
Appellant’s invention is directed to data compression
techniques used for transmitting data over a bandwidth-limited
network. According to Appellant, first and second fields within
a message are identified and different sets of code words are
applied to each field to encode data in each field
(specification, page 5). An understanding of the invention can
be derived from a reading of exemplary independent claim 1 which
is reproduced as follows:
1. A method comprising:
identifying a first field and a second field within an
electronic mail (email) message;
applying a first set of code words to encode data in said
first field; and
applying a second set of code words to encode data in said
second field.
The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting
the claims:
Carr 5,293,379 Mar. 8, 1994
Unger et al. (Unger) 5,991,713 Nov. 23, 1999
Ackley 6,422,476 Jul. 23, 2002
(filed Aug. 17, 1999)
Claims 1, 4, 5, 9, 12, 14, 22, 25 and 26 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Carr.
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