Appeal 2007-0993
Application 10/376,198
retrieved." The issue, therefore, is whether Catona teaches or suggests data
fields embedded in the selected media.
Catona discloses (col. 2, ll. 52-67) that a user selects a pre-recorded
song from a database. The song is played on an audio player while the user
sings the vocal track into a microphone, and a mixer combines the pre-
recorded song and the user's vocal track to form a new mixed track. We find
no disclosure or suggestion of discrete or selectable data fields embedded in
the original song nor of populated discrete data fields in the resulting mixed
track. Thus, we cannot sustain the obviousness rejection of claims 1 through
3 and 5 through 25 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
ORDER
The decision of the Examiner rejecting claims 1 through 3 and 5
through 25 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
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