Appeal No. 2006-1429
Application No. 10/437,995
1. A method for presenting custom-labeled surface material
samples over a computer network, the method comprising:
in at least one computer database, associating one or more
surface material samples with a business entity wherein at least one of the surface
material samples is labeled with information specified by the business entity;
receiving a data request for at least one of the surface
material samples wherein the data request includes an identifier of the business
entity; and
responding to the data request wherein the response includes at least one
of the surface material samples and associated label information.
Reference
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Brockhurst US2001/0047387 November 29, 2001
Eddie Bauer Inc. web pages printed from www.archives.org Jan. 01, 1996 through Dec.
03, 2002.
Rejection at Issue
Claims 1, 2, 6 through 13 and 17 through 20 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102 (e) as being anticipated by the Eddie Bauer web pages. The examiner’s
rejection is set forth on pages 3 through 7 of the answer. Claims 3 through 5, 14 through
16 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the Eddie
Bauer web pages in view of Brockhurst. The examiner’s rejection is set forth on pages 7
through 9 of the answer. Throughout the opinion we make reference to the brief, the
answer and the final Office action for the respective details thereof.
Opinion
We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejections
advanced by the examiner and the evidence of anticipation and obviousness relied upon
by the examiner as support for the rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken
into consideration, in reaching our decision, appellants’ arguments set forth in the brief
along with the examiner’s rationale in support of the rejections and arguments in rebuttal
set forth in the examiner’s answer.
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