Appeal No. 1997-4463
Application 07/988,712
memory), or repetitive among several products, central
storage of the product information would become more cost
efficient. If the related product information were
exclusively stored in central storage the rate control
system claimed would be inherent because certainly the
information delivery rate from the central storage would
need to be controlled before [being] outputted to the
user. If not, the audible message would not be a desired
smooth, intelligible sound.
The Examiner also points to Pfeiffer, Figure 4 and column 11,
lines 62-68, for the teaching that "the information delivery
rate to the controller would need to correspond to the
utilization rate of the controller" (EA11).
Appellant points (Br8) out that the Examiner proposes
making one level of modification, storing all information to
be outputted at a central site, and then adds a second level
of modification, the read-out rate for a site depending on the
site information utilization rate, without any evidence or
suggestion for such modifications in the references.
The Examiner's response (SEA4-6) appears to basically
repeat the reasoning in the Examiner's Answer (EA10-11).
We must agree with Appellant that the Examiner has failed
to provide any evidence of motivation to distribute the
message information from a common source. The Examiner
concludes that central storage would be more cost efficient.
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