Ex Parte Simpson et al - Page 3

                Appeal 2007-0781                                                                               
                Application 10/003,150                                                                         

                A. ISSUE                                                                                       
                      The issue is whether Appellants have shown error in the rejection.                       

                B. FINDINGS OF FACT                                                                            
                      The record supports the following findings of fact (FF) by a                             
                preponderance of the evidence.                                                                 
                1. The Examiner found that Garfinkle discloses the claimed subject                             
                matter, as follows:                                                                            
                             In regards to claim 1, Garfinkle discloses a method for                           
                      facilitating pay printing (abstract), the method comprising:                             
                             a network-based printing service retrieving a scaled-down                         
                      version of a full-sized document to be printed from at least one store                   
                      via a network (col 6, lines 1-25);                                                       
                             the printing service receiving print option selections (col 6,                    
                      lines 1-25); and                                                                         
                             the printing service determining printing costs for printing the                  
                      full-sized document based upon attributes of the scaled-down version                     
                      (col 9, lines 53-65).                                                                    
                (Answer 3.)                                                                                    
                2. Col. 6, ll. 1-25 of Garfinkle reads as follows:                                             
                             In a most preferred embodiment, the photographer 8 accesses                       
                      HTML pages from a WWW browser using either the Secure                                    
                      HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTPS) or HyperText Transport                              
                      Protocol (HTTP) to access a Netscape Enterprise Server running on an                     
                      Axil 320 Sparc acting as the image server. The Netscape server is                        
                      configured with an HTML forms interface which accepts the unique                         
                      access code and provides access to thumbnails (small replicas of the                     
                      full digital image) of the images in the roll in the form of an online                   
                      proof sheet. The interface B allows the photographer 8 to perform                        
                      specific tasks using the digital images, such as the ability to                          
                      electronically mail (email) an image to another party; download an                       
                      image to the photographer’s home computer 9f, see FIG. 9C; or order                      

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