Appeal No. 2003-0655
Application No. 09/406,001
rejections are based on combinations of references. See Keller, 642 F.2d at 426, 208 USPQ at
882; Merck & Co., 800 F.2d at 1097, 231 USPQ at 380.
Now, the question before us is, what would the combination of Pepe and Miller (with the
Microsoft documents to show the operational details of Miller) have taught to one having
ordinary skill in the art? To answer this question, we find the following facts:
1. Pepe shows at column 1, lines 17-26, “a mobile office.”
2. Pepe shows at figure 1, “a personal communications internetworking (“PCI”)” for
communication between devices on the network.
3. Pepe shows at figure 1, item 22, that the PCI includes “an e-mail terminal”
comprising a computer.
4. Pepe shows at figure 1, item 30, that the PCI includes “a personal digital assistant
(PDA)” comprising an electronic device in the form of a wireless notebook computer
terminal.
5. Pepe at column 3, lines 20-25, and column 17, lines 64-67, shows the sending and
receiving of e-mail over the PCI network.
6. Pepe states at column 5, line 37, that “routing addresses” are used for the wireless
terminals on the network.
7. Pepe at column 3, lines 20-25, and column 17, lines 64-67, shows the sending and
receiving of email over the PCI network.
8. Miller at lines 4-14 shows receiving an e-mail (“In your Inbox”) including a file
attachment (“Save Attachments”) containing a plurality of addresses (“address book
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