Appeal No. 2006-2742
Application No. 10/115,138
Published U.S. Patent Application
Thompson US 2002/0116381 A1 Aug. 22, 2002
(filed Feb. 22, 2001)
Claims 7 and 10 stand rejected under the second paragraph of
35 U.S.C. ' 112 as being indefinite.
Claims 1 and 5-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. ' 102(b) as
being anticipated by Talati.
Claim 4 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. ' 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Talati and Speicher.
Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. ' 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Talati and Herman.
Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. ' 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Talati and Thompson.
Rather than reiterate the opposing arguments, reference is
made to the briefs and answer for the respective positions of
Appellants and the Examiner.
OPINION
With respect to the rejection of the claims under the second
paragraph of 35 U.S.C. ' 112, the Examiner questions the clarity
of claim 7 reciting the term Agenerating a file including an
e-mail address, which has the generated unique@ and assumes that
it should refer to Athe generated unique ID@ (answer, page 3).
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