Appeal 2007-1245
Application 09/950,253
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Appellant invented a method and system for photocopying documents
under control of a user browser. In particular, the photocopying device
comprises an embedded server that is connected to a network. The browser
can be used to initiate photocopying and adjust various settings of the
photocopying device. A photocopy of the document is then generated in
accordance with the user’s selections.1
Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A method for photocopying a document, comprising:
receiving a request from a user browser to photocopy a document with
a photocopying device;
uploading content to the user browser;
receiving photocopying selections made with the user browser; and
generating at least one photocopy of the document with the
photocopying device in accordance with the user selections.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art reference to show
unpatentability:
Kuwata US 2003/0072031 A1 Apr. 17, 2003
(filed Mar. 25, 2002)2
1 See generally Specification 3:11-20 and 5:1–6:14.
2 Although the filing date of this published application is after the filing date
of the present application (Sept. 10, 2001), the published application
nonetheless claims the benefit of Provisional Application No. 60/278,180,
filed Mar. 23, 2001 – a date prior to the present application’s filing date.
Although Appellant argues that “much of the content” of Kuwata’s
published application does not appear in the corresponding provisional
application (Br. 6-7), the Examiner nonetheless relies on specific findings in
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