Ex Parte Ohta - Page 3

                Appeal 2007-0681                                                                             
                Application 09/805,978                                                                       


                            a second transmitting unit for transmitting the image specifying                 
                data and the orderer specifying data, which has been received by said first                  
                receiving unit, to one of said plurality of second client computers that has                 
                been determined by said determination unit in association with each other;                   
                and                                                                                          
                      said one of said plurality of second client computers comprising:                      
                              a second receiving unit for receiving the image specifying                     
                data and the orderer specifying data transmitted from said second                            
                transmitting unit of said center server; and                                                 
                              a first alerting unit for giving notice of information regarding               
                an image specified by the image specifying data and of an orderer                            
                represented by the orderer specifying data, which items of data have been                    
                received by said second receiving unit.                                                      
                      The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in                      
                rejecting the appealed claims are:                                                           
                Freedman                US 4,839,829            June 13, 1989                                
                Hartman                 US 5,960,411            Sep. 28, 1999                                
                Greulich                US 6,018,338            Jan. 25, 2000                                
                      Claims 1 through 7, 11 through 14, 16, 17, and 19 through 33 stand                     
                rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Freedman in view                   
                of Hartman.                                                                                  
                      Claims 8 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                      
                unpatentable over Freedman in view of Hartman and Greulich.                                  
                      We refer to the Examiner's Answer (mailed March 3, 2006) and to                        
                Appellant's Brief (filed November 23, 2005) for the respective arguments.                    




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