Appeal No. 2006-1413 Page 7
Application No. 09/952,073
prima facie case of obviousness is established when the teachings from the prior art
itself would appear to have suggested the claimed subject matter to a person of
ordinary skill in the art.'" In re Bell, 991 F.2d 781, 783, 26 USPQ2d 1529, 1531 (Fed.
Cir. 1993) (quoting In re Rinehart, 531 F.2d 1048, 1051, 189 USPQ 143, 147 (CCPA
1976)).
Here, Jaalinoja's invention "relates to methods and systems for allowing users of
a cellular telecommunication system to obtain services, goods, or other benefits from a
third party." (¶ 0002.) Generally, "[t]he user of the mobile communication means 200
can use the invention by ordering 50 a certain token from the token issuing system,
which produces a token 10 and transmits 51 the token to the mobile communication
means." (¶ 0019.) "The user of the mobile communication means can then later use
the token by effecting 52 the transfer of the token 10 to the token verification system,
which receives and processes the token, and allows the user to obtain the benefit, right,
or product associated with the token." (Id.)
"According to a further aspect of the invention tokens are used for controlling
access to external network for wireless terminals connected to a local network."
(¶ 0145.) More specifically, "[i]f the user wishes to access the external network 760, the
user needs to present a token to the token verifying system 300, which as a response to
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