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`United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`APPLICATION NO. (cid:9)
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`11/190,633
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`FILING DATE
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`07/26/2005
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR (cid:9)
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`I ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. I CONFIRMATION NO.
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`Keith R. McNally
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`1245.001
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`11/04/2014
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`ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES
`750 B STREET
`SUITE 3120
`SAN DIEGO, CA 92101
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`EXAMINER
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`CAMPBELL, SHANNON S
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`3628
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`11/04/2014
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
`following e-mail address(es):
`John@rogitz.com
`Jeanne@rogitz.com
`Noelle@rogitz.com
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Ex party KEITH R. MCNALLY
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`Appeal 2012-001503
`Application 11/190,633
`Technology Center 3600
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`Before MURRIEL E. CRAWFORD, MICHAEL C. ASTORINO, and
`BART A. GERSTENBLITH, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION ON APPEAL
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`STATEMENT OF THE CASE
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`Appellant seeks our review under 35 U.S.C. § 134 of the Examiner's
`final decision rejecting claims 77-85, 89, 91, 92, and 97-107. We have
`jurisdiction over the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).
`We REVERSE.
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`1 Appellant identifies Ameranth, Inc. as the real party in interest. Br. 1.
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`Claim 77 is illustrative:
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`77. An information management and real time
`synchronous communications system for use with wireless
`handheld computing devices and the internet comprising:
`a.
`a master database containing at least one
`hospitality application (s) and associated data,
`b.
`application software enabled to configure
`hospitality data for display on the 'non pc standard' display
`sized screen of at least one wireless handheld computing device
`in which the at least one hospitality application is stored,
`c.
`at least one Web server enabled by application
`software to interface with at least one hospitality application
`and its associated data,
`d.
`application software enabled to configure
`hospitality data for display on at least one web page,
`an applications programming software interface,
`e.
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`and
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`a real time application software communications
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`control module with a systemic communications relationship
`comprising:
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`A communications controller
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`A communications set up
`A web Hub
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`A wireless Hub
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`Linked Databases
`wherein the system is enabled to perform an automated
`communications conversion via application software involving
`the data associated with the at least one hospitality application,
`wherein the system is enabled via application software to
`synchronize the at least one hospitality application(s) and its
`associated data with the data in a second and different
`hospitality application in real time between the master database,
`the at least one Web server, the at least one wireless computing
`device and the at least one web page,
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`wherein the communications control module is enabled
`via application software to act as an interface between the at
`least one hospitality application (s) and any applicable
`communications protocol.
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`Appellant appeals the following rejections:
`A. Claims 77-79, 91, 92, 97-101, and 106 stand rejected under
`35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over U.S. Patent No. 7,069,228
`Bl, issued June 27, 2006, (hereinafter "Rose") in view of U.S. Patent No.
`6,415,138 B2, issued July 2, 2002, (hereinafter "Sirola") further in view of
`U.S. Patent No. 6,356,543 B2, issued Mar. 12, 2002, (hereinafter "Hall").
`B. Claims 80-85 and 89 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
`as being unpatentable over Rose in view of Sirola in further view of U.S.
`Patent No. 5,991,739, issued Nov. 23, 1999, (hereinafter "Cupps") or U.S.
`Patent No. 6,594,347 Bl, issued July 15, 2003, (hereinafter "Calder") or
`U.S. Patent No. 6,366,650 Bl, issued Apr. 2, 2002, (hereinafter "Rhie").
`C. Claims 102-105 and 107 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
`§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Rose in view of Sirola in further view of
`Cupps.
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`ISSUE
`Did the Examiner err in rejecting the claims because the Examiner has
`not established that the cited references discloses "application software
`enabled to configure hospitality data for display on the 'non pc standard'
`display sized screen of at least one wireless handheld computing device," as
`recited in claims 77?
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`ANALYSIS
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`Appellant argues that the references do not disclose application
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`software enabled to configure hospitality data for display on the non pc
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`standard display sized screen of a wireless handheld device. We agree. The
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`Examiner does not explain how this element of the claims is disclosed or
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`suggested in the prior art. The Examiner finds that Rose discloses
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`application software that is enabled to configure hospitality software for
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`display on at least one web page (Ans. 5). The Examiner also finds that
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`Sirola discloses a wireless device that is capable of displaying web data and
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`that Hall discloses a wireless device that is capable of downloading, storing,
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`and executing application software (Ans. 6). However, the Examiner does
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`not find that any of these references discloses or suggests application
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`software enabled to configure hospitality data for display on the non pc
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`standard display sized screen of a wireless handheld device. In this regard,
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`the Examiner does not find that the Sirola device is capable of displaying
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`hospitality data or that Hall discloses downloading, storing, and executing
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`application software that enables configuration of hospitality data on a
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`wireless device.
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`We find that Sirola discloses a mobile phone that enables connection
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`to the internet and includes a touch sensitive display wherein data such as
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`telephone numbers can be displayed (see Sirola, col. 2, 11. 1-22). Sirola does
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`not disclose application software that enables configuration of hospitality
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`data for display on the mobile phone.
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`We find that Hall discloses the ability to customize a mobile phone
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`with desired services through the downloading of applications (see Hall,
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`col. 2, 11. 25-29). However, the Examiner does not direct our attention to a
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`disclosure in Hall of application software that relates to hospitality much less
`application software enabled for configuring hospitality data on a wireless
`device. It is unclear from the Examiner's rejection just how the teachings of
`the prior art may be combined to arrive at the application software recited in
`claims 77 and 97. Therefore, we hold that the Examiner has not established
`the factual basis to support the conclusion of obviousness.
`We note that in rejecting claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a), the
`Examiner bears the initial burden of establishing a prima facie case of
`obviousness. In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1445 (Fed. Cir. 1992). See also
`In re Piasecki, 745 F.2d 1468, 1472 (Fed. Cir. 1984). It is incumbent upon
`the Examiner to establish a factual basis to support the legal conclusion of
`obviousness. See In re Fine, 837 F.2d 1071, 1073 (Fed. Cir. 1988).
`In view of the foregoing, we do not sustain the Examiner's rejections
`of claim 77 and claims 78, 79, 91, and 92 dependent therefrom. We also do
`not sustain the Examiner's rejections of claim 97 and claims 98-101 and 106
`dependent therefrom because claim 97 also recites the application software
`enabled to configure hospitality data for display on a wireless device.
`We will also not sustain the Examiner's rejections of: claims 80-85
`and 89 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Rose in view of
`Sirola and Cupps, Calder or Rhie; and claims 102-105 and 107 under 35
`U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Rose in view of Sirola and
`Cupps. These rejections lack the reliance on the Hall reference and the
`Examiner has not explained in any way how the recitation in claims 77 and
`97, from which each of these claims depend, of an application software,
`much less an application software enabled to configure hospitality data for
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`display on a wireless device, is either disclosed or suggested in the prior art
`relied on.
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`DECISION
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`The Examiner's decision rejecting claims 77-85, 89, 91, 92, and
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`97-107 is reversed.
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`REVERSED
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