Appeal 2007-1245
Application 09/950,253
perform user functions. According to the Examiner, since the user can
control the photocopying device via a browser by sending print jobs to the
server, the reference fully meets the limitation calling for “logic for
generating at least one control screen that can be uploaded to a browser”
(Answer 10-11).
We will sustain the Examiner’s anticipation rejection of independent
claim 12. At the outset, we note that the scope and breadth of the limitation
“photocopying hardware” as claimed does not preclude a system which
utilizes conventional digital technology to make duplicate copies of scanned
paper documents, such as a scanner and printer coupled to a computer.3
With this interpretation, we turn to Kuwata. Kuwata discloses a
network-based electronic document organizing system, known as “Proof
Buddy,” that enables a client to perform a number of functions with respect
to electronic documents using a browser. Not only can the user send print
jobs to the server through the browser, the user can also view, edit, and copy
electronic documents stored on a server with the browser. The server can
also function as a document scanner (Kuwata Specification 2, “FIELD OF
THE INVENTION” section; 4, second full paragraph; Fig. 3). To this end,
users can manage images of pages from separate documents with a web
browser, split or merge the files to a new document, and configure the
document for printing, faxing, or emailing. Moreover, the system integrates
the scanning function to allow the user to combine print job and scan job
documents (Kuwata Specification 9, ¶¶ 2-4). Once users scan hardcopy
3 See, e.g., Photocopying, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photocopying (last
visited June 13, 2007) (“Low-end [photo]copiers…use digital technology,
but they tend to consist of a standard PC scanner coupled to an inkjet or low-
end laser printer….”).
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