Appeal 2007-1340
Application 09/996,125
However, Acharya does not specifically teach that the user-selected
portion of a Web page is a portion of a cached Web page. (FF 11.) In
Acharya, the computer program -- rather than the user -- decides whether to
select a cached version of the file or generate a new version of the file. (FF
5, 7-9.) Nevertheless, as discussed above, we conclude that the differences
between the claimed invention and the prior art are not sufficient to render
claim 1 nonobvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art at the time the
invention was made.
Appellants also argue that the Examiner relied on an incorrect
interpretation of the term "digitally pointing" in finding that the term
"digitally pointing" reads on a user selecting a hyperlink. (Br. 5; Reply Br.
4.) Specifically, Appellants argue that "[t]here is a very distinct difference
between clicking on an object and digitally pointing to it (hovering over it or
using a "mouseover")." (Br. 5.) We do not agree.
The Examiner found that Acharya discloses digitally pointing to
selected designated portions of the cached document. (Answer 3.) The
Examiner pointed to column 4, lines 46-53 of Acharya, which discloses user
selection of a hyperlink on a Web page and downloading the desired version
of the selected document. (Answer 3.) The Examiner also noted without
any additional discussion that "[f]urther support for this rationale is found in
Acharya, column 9, lines 9-48." (Answer 6.) This portion of Acharya cited
by the Examiner discusses the process illustrated in Figure 4 for selecting a
version of a file and loading the selected version of the file (see FF 8-9).
Although not expressly mentioned by the Examiner, we also draw attention
to column 8, lines 61-64 and column 9, line 8 of Acharya, which explains
more fully the "skeleton" structure of the Web page (see FF 8-9).
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