Ex parte DARLAND et al. - Page 3




                 Appeal No. 1999-0154                                                                                                                   
                 Application 08/553,201                                                                                                                 


                          d)       generating a call disposition message from the                                                                       
                 matched billing detail record and operator service record in                                                                           
                 the call disposition messaging system.                                                                                                 





                          The Examiner relies on the following prior art:                                                                               
                 Olsen et al. (Olsen)                                  5,008,929                                    Apr. 16,                            
                                                                                                                    1991                                
                 Ahearn et al. (Ahearn)                                5,163,086                                    Nov. 10,                            
                                                                                                                    1992                                
                          Claims 1-12 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103.                                                                     
                 As evidence of obviousness, the Examiner offers Olsen alone                                                                            
                 with respect to claims 1-5 and 7-11, and adds Ahearn to Olsen                                                                          
                 with respect to claims 6 and 12.                                                                                                       
                          Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the                                                                     
                 Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs  and Answer for the             1                                                            
                 respective details.                                                                                                                    
                                                                   OPINION                                                                              
                          We have carefully considered the subject matter on                                                                            

                          1The Appeal Brief was filed March 4, 1998.  In response                                                                       
                 to the Examiner’s Answer dated April 15, 1998, a Reply Brief                                                                           
                 was filed June 12, 1998 which was acknowledged and entered by                                                                          
                 the Examiner without further comment as indicated in the                                                                               
                 communication dated July 2, 1998.                                                                                                      
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