Appeal No. 97-1200
Application No. 08/200,945
Reference is made to the briefs and the answers for the
respective positions of the appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
In appellant’s co-pending Application 08/186,820 (Appeal
No. 97-4150), the Board in a decision dated March 12, 1998
reversed the prior art rejections of the claims on appeal. The
prior art rejection of claims based upon the teachings of Bimonte
and FCC Regulations was reversed because “Bimonte and the FCC
Regulations neither teach nor would they have suggested the
prevention of international calls based upon a determination of
specific digits in a dialing sequence” (Decision, page 9).
Inasmuch as the claims presently before us are directed to the
same international call prevention based upon a determination of3
a third plurality of dialing signals in a dialing sequence, the
obviousness rejection of claims 26 and 28 through 30 is reversed.
It is not necessary that we consider appellant’s evidence of
secondary considerations because the examiner has not satisfied
3A terminal disclaimer (paper number 23) has been filed
disclaiming the terminal part of the statutory term of any patent
granted for the subject application that would extend beyond the
termination date of any patent issuing from the related
application.
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