Appeal No. 2006-2267
Application No. 09/916,537
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
1. A method for completing forms, comprising;
reading a user data card to determine a network location at which user information to be
added to a form is stored;
retrieving the user information from the network location;
configuring the user information for merging with the form;
merging the user information into the form by populating form data fields with pieces of
the user information; and
printing a hard copy form that contains at least a portion of the user information.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Goheen 5,724,520 Mar. 3, 1998
Lynch 5,852,977 Dec. 29, 1998
Berger et al. (Berger) 6,112,986 Sept. 5, 2000
Kennedy et al. (Kennedy) 6,651,217 Nov. 18, 2003
(filed Sept. 1, 1999)
Claims 1 through 3, 5 and 7 through 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Kennedy in view of Goheen and Berger.
Claims 14, 15 and 17 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Kennedy in view of Goheen, Berger and Lynch.
Reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the respective positions of the
appellant and the examiner.
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