Appeal 2007-1120
Application 09/747,219
claims 9, 11, 12, 14, 23, 24, and 26 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) based upon the
teachings of Seder and Van Huben.
Appellant contends that Seder describes a system wherein a machine-
readable indicia added to a printed document can be used to retrieve an
electronic version of the printed document (Br. 6). Appellant additionally
contends that the Seder system neither teaches nor suggests coding an
electronic file in the manner set forth in the claims on appeal (Br. 6).
We reverse.
ISSUES
Does Seder encode and edit an electronic file with classification
information and inventory information?
FINDINGS OF FACT
Appellant describes a system 10 for coding an electronic file (Fig. 1).
The system includes a reference repository 33 that receives an electronic file
and characteristic information associated with the electronic file from a
communications network 20, and stores the characteristic information in
memory (Specification 5 and 6). An indexing unit 100’ linked with the
reference repository 33 assigns a classification code to the electronic file
based on the characteristic information, and assigns an inventory code to the
electronic file based on whether the electronic file already exists in the
system (Specification 7). An identification code for the electronic file is
derived based on the classification code and the inventory code
(Specification 8). Thereafter, an editing unit 200’ inserts the identification
code to the electronic file (Specification 8).
Seder describes a system in which an encoded mark on a printed
document is scanned to thereby retrieve an electronic version of the printed
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