Appeal 2007-0325
Application 09/780,248
1 Claim 20 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over Shoham
2 and Scaer.
3 Claims 21 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over
4 Shoham , Barzilai, and Scaer.
5 Claim 29 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over Holden.
6 Claims 30 and 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over
7 Holden and Alaia.
8
9 ISSUES
10 The issues pertinent to this appeal are
11 • Whether claims 15-19 are properly rejected as indefinite:
12 o Whether the phrase “which allows entering a user to enter “ is
13 insolubly ambiguous (Br. 6).
14 • Whether claim 29 is indefinite
15 o Whether a phrase that begins with “allowing” is indefinite for not
16 positively reciting that which is allowed (Br. 6).
17 • Whether claims 15, 16, and 19 are properly rejected as anticipated by
18 Barzilai
19 o Whether the art applied shows displaying information which allows a
20 user to enter either one of a bid for said item, or an amount that
21 automatically wins the auction (Br. 7).
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