Appeal 2007-0209
Application 10/021,621
The Examiner rejects the pending claims as follows:
A. Claims 23-26 and 34-39 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. §102(b) over
Robert M. Losee, Jr. (Minimizing Information Overload: The Ranking of
Electronic Messages).
B. Claims 1-10 and 40 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) over Smith,
et al., (US 6,463, 462 B1) in view of Badt et al., (US 6,542,868 B1),
Anderlind et al. , (US 6,781,972 B1), Wright et al., (US 6,078,568 A), and
Cooper et al., (US 6,757,362 A).
C. Claims 1 and 11 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) over Smith, et
al., (US 6,463,462 B1) in view of Badt et al. (US 6,542,868 B1) and
Matthew Marx (CLUES: Dynamic Personalized Message Filtering),
hereinafter referred as Marx.
D. Claims 1, 12, 13 and 19-22 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C.§103(a) over
Smith, et al., (US 6,463, 462 B1) in view of Badt et al., (US 6,542,868 B1),
Eggleston et al. (US 6,101,531 A), and Wright et al., (US 6,078,568 A).
E. Claims 1 and 14 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) over Smith et
al., (US 6,463, 462 B1) in view of Badt et al., (US 6,542,868 B1), and
Jonathan Isaac Helfman et al. (Ishmail: Immediate Identification of
Important Information).
F. Claims 1 and 15-18 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) over Smith
et al., (US 6,463, 462 B1) in view of Badt et al., (US 6,542,868 B1), and
Jonathan Isaac Abu-Hakima (US 6,499,021 B1)
G. Claims 27-33 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) over Robert M.
Losee, Jr. (Minimizing Information Overload: The Ranking of Electronic
Messages) as applied to claim 23 above, and further in view of Eggleston et
al. (US 6,101,531 A).
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