Ex Parte Chang et al - Page 3

              Appeal No. 2007-0332                                                                  
              Application No. 10/316,312                                                            


              Bailey   US 6,820,076 B2   Nov. 16, 2004                                              

                                        THE REJECTIONS                                              
                    The following rejections are on appeal before us:                               
                    1. Claims 1-9, 14-21, and 27-30 stand rejected under                            
                       35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Chipman.                          
                    2. Claims 1, 14, 27, and 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as          
                       being anticipated by Bailey.                                                 

                    Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants or the Examiner, we              
              make reference to the Brief and the Answer for the respective details thereof.        

                                             OPINION                                                
                    Only those arguments actually made by Appellants have been                      
              considered in this decision. It is our view, after consideration of the record        
              before us that the evidence relied upon does not support the Examiner’s               
              rejection of the claims on appeal.  Accordingly, we reverse.  In addition, we         
              have sua sponte set forth new grounds of rejection for independent claim 1            
              pursuant to our authority under 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b).                                 

                                   Independent claim 1 (Chipman)                                    
                    We consider first the Examiner’s rejection of independent claim 1 as            
              being anticipated by Chipman.                                                         
                    Appellants argue that Chipman does not teach translating data                   
              extracted from a data source into parametric entries (Br. 6).                         

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