Appeal 2007-1696
Application 10/230,745
Poynor
4. Poynor teaches a system and method for editing a file
(Abstract).
5. An initial edit is effected on an original character string within a
designated edit region. Subsequent instances of the original character string
are identified within the edit region, and suggested edits to subsequent
instances of the original character string are derived from the original edit
(para. [0021]; Fig. 4).
6. At the user’s suggestion, all of the suggested edits can either be
automatically made, or made to only a subset of the subsequent instances, in
response to a user selection command (para. [0022]; Fig. 5).
PRINCIPLES OF LAW
In rejecting claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the Examiner bears the
initial burden of establishing a prima facie case of obviousness. In re
Piasecki, 745 F.2d 1468, 1472, 223 USPQ 785, 788 (Fed. Cir. 1984). The
Examiner can satisfy this burden by showing some articulated reasoning
with some rational underpinning to support the legal conclusion of
obviousness. KSR Int’l. v. Teleflex Inc., 127 S. Ct. 1727, 1741, 82 USPQ2d
1385, 1396 (2007) (citing In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 988, 78 USPQ2d 1329,
1336 (Fed. Cir. 2006)). Only if this initial burden is met does the burden of
coming forward with evidence or argument shift to the Appellant. Piasecki,
745 F.2d at 1472, 223 USPQ at 788. Thus, the Examiner must not only
assure that the requisite findings are made, based on evidence of record, but
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