Ex Parte Brewer et al - Page 5

                Appeal 2007-0589                                                                               
                Application 09/852,959                                                                         
                                               REFERENCES                                                      
                      11.  The references relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the                         
                claims on appeal are as follows:                                                               
                      Boulter  US 2002/0075297 A1          Jun. 20, 2002                                       
                                                                    (Filed Mar. 8, 2001)                       
                      Paul McFedries, Windows 98 Unleashed, Chapter 33 exploring the                           
                      Web with Internet Explorer, Sams Publishing (May 1998) (“Internet                        
                      Explorer”)                                                                               

                                       EXAMINER’S REJECTIONS                                                   
                      12.  Claim 12, 13, 20 and 26 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                    
                being unpatentable over the combination of Boulter and Internet Explorer.                      
                      13.  Boulter is prior art vis-à-vis under 35 U.S.C. §102 (e).                            
                      14.  During prosecution, Appellant made no attempt to antedate (37                       
                CFR §1.131) Boulter.                                                                           
                      Throughout our opinion, we shall make references to Appellants’                          
                Brief and to the Examiner’s Answer for the respective details thereof.1                        

                                                   Boulter                                                     
                      15.   The prior art Boulter patent describes a method and apparatus for                  
                displaying and updating information, e.g., device-status information, at a                     
                location which is remote from the source of the information. (Paragraphs                       
                [0001] and [0016]).                                                                            

                                                                                                              
                1 Appellants filed an Appeal Brief on November 1, 2005.  The Examiner                          
                mailed an Examiner’s Answer on January 10, 2006.  Appellants did not file                      
                a Reply Brief.                                                                                 
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