Appeal 2007-1554
Application 10/844,387
protect the details of the transaction record from modification by the parties to the
transaction.
Claim Element Analysis
Appellants separately argue that term “web service” recited in claim 34 is a
feature not found in either Robinson and Ginter and that “ROBINSON and
GINTER predate the advent of Web Services” (Br. 5). These arguments fail for
three reasons.
1. Appellants seek the benefit of a meaning of the term “web service” which
is more specific than that alluded to in their Specification.2 Appellants’
Specification does not appear to make any expressed intent to define “web service”
beyond the ordinary meaning of the terms web and service. As such, the Examiner
did find the ordinary meaning of “web service”3 to be within the context of
Robinson and we agree. We thus hold that a “web service” may be any service
having web protocols conducted on the web, including the sale of goods over the
World Wide Web as described by Robinson at col. 6, ll. 56-58. See Teleflex Inc. v.
Ficosa North America Corp., 299 F.3d 1313, 1324-25, 63 USPQ2d 1374, 1380
2 The (Specification 3:11-13) only recites by way of background and example
“Web services are a new and rapidly expanding set of offerings on the World Wide
Web. Web Services leverage the existing scalable web server infrastructure to
provide a platform for offering services to other Internet applications.
3 A modular collection of Web protocols-based applications that can be mixed and
matched to provide business functionality through an Internet connection. Web
services can be used over the Internet or an intranet to create products, business
processes, and B2B interactions. Web services use standard protocols such as
HTTP, XML, and SOAP to provide connectivity and interoperability between
companies. Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fifth Edition, 564 (2002).
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