Appeal No. 1997-3276 Page 11
Application No. 08/478,567
Here, the examiner fails to identify a sufficient
suggestion to combine either Iggulden or Walsh with either
Noto or Sato. Both Noto and Sato teach storing telephone
numbers in and retrieving telephone numbers from a local
database. Specifically in Noto, the telephone numbers are
stored in a memory section 8 of a multi-function key input
device. Col. 3, ll. 32-33. Specifically in Sato, the
telephone numbers are stored in storage areas 88f and 88g of
an information processing apparatus. Col. 17, ll. 18-19. The
disclosures of the references reveal that both Noto’s device
and Sato’s apparatus are complete, self-contained units
designed to operate with a local database.
Rather than providing a line of reasoning to explain why
combining Iggulden’s or Walsh’s teaching of using a remote
database with Noto’s self-contained device would have been
desirable, the examiner merely concludes, “it would have been
obvious ... to modify Noto to use the communication means (in
the electronic telephone book) to retrieve a telephone number
via the telephone line for storage and display in response to
user input command for subsequent use.” (Examiner’s Answer at
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