Appeal No. 96-0303
Application 08/056,718
means for storing the numeric version of each data item.
The examiner’s Answer cites the following prior art:
Rust 0 457 077 A2 Nov.
21, 1991
(European Patent)
OPINION
Claims 1 and 5-7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Rust.
Rust discloses a data retrieval system in which a
telephone keypad button associated with three letters may be
pressed just once for each character in a desired name. For
example, if a user wants to retrieve the phone number for Mr.
King, the user presses 5, then 4, then 6, then 4. Column 6,
lines 41-50. The Rust system retrieves all entries that
correspond to those four numbers, i.e., the entries whose
first letter is on the 5 key (J, K, or L), second letter is on
the 4 key (G, H, or I), third letter is on the 6 key (M, N, or
O), and fourth letter is on the 4 key (G, H, or I).
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