Ex Parte Whitcomb - Page 3



               Appeal No. 2006-1187                                                                      
               Application No. 10/056,832                                                                


                                           Rejections at Issue                                           
                     Claims 1, 3 through 20, 22 through 32 and 491 through 52 stand rejected             
               under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as directed to non-statutory subject matter.  The                   
               examiner’s rejection is set forth on pages 2 and 3 of the Final Office action             
               mailed on April 27, 2005.                                                                 
                     Claim 51 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. §112, first paragraph, as failing          
               to comply with the written description requirement.  The examiner’s rejection is          
               set forth on page 4 and Final Office action mailed April 27, 2005.                        
                     Claims 1, 4 through 7, 9, 10, 12, 14 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.          
               §102 (a) as being anticipated by Turkel.  The examiner’s rejection is set forth on        
               pages 5, 6 and 7 of the Final Office action mailed April 27, 2005.                        
                     Claims 33 through 39 and 45 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as              
               anticipated over officially noticed facts concerning two computers connected by           
               the internet.  The examiner’s rejection is set forth on pages 8, 9 and 10 of the          
               Final Office action mailed April 27, 2005.                                                
                     Claims 33 through 39 and 45 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §102(b) as               
               being anticipated by Hartman.  The examiner’s rejection is set forth on pages 10          
               and 11 of the Final Office action mailed April 27 2005.                                   




                                                                                                        
               1 We note the final rejection did not address the rejection of claim 49 under 35          
               U.S.C. § 101.  However, since both the Brief (See page 8 footnote 1) and the              
               Answer (see page 3) acknowledge claim 49 as rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 101                
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