Appeal No. 1997-2700
Application 08/307,249
art reference discloses, expressly or under the principles of
inherency, each and every element of a claimed invention as
well as disclosing structure which is capable of performing
the recited functional limitations. RCA Corp. v. Applied
Digital Data Sys., Inc., 730 F.2d 1440, 1444, 221 USPQ 385,
388 (Fed. Cir.); cert. dismissed, 468 U.S. 1228 (1984); W.L.
Gore and Assoc, Inc. v. Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1554,
220 USPQ 303, 313 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 851
(1984).
With respect to independent claims 1, 11, and 19, the
Examiner has indicated how the various limitations are read on
the disclosure of Hunt (Answer, pages 4-6). In particular,
the Examiner makes reference to the disclosure at column 6,
line 59 to column 7, line 7 of Hunt which describes the
operation of the
call verification system when there is only an approximate
match between a spoken voice and a stored voice print, such a
match not falling within a predetermined acceptance threshold.
In response, Appellant’s arguments primarily center on
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