Appeal No. 96-0667
Application 08/061,249
location, placing the assigned telephone numbers on advertising
materials located adjacent the pay telephone and indicating to
the caller that telephone calls to the assigned telephone numbers
are free to the caller, recording the telephone calls of the
assigned telephone numbers by the long distance carrier,
monitoring and recording all telephone calls of the assigned
telephone numbers that are handled by the long distance carrier,
and accessing the recorded telephone calls and rendering a
statement to each selected business location for the cost of each
telephone call to each selected business location, cost of 1+800-
XXX service, and cost of advertising associated with each
selected pay telephone.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner
are:
Hird et al. (Hird) 4,933,966 Jun. 12, 1990
Smith et al. (Smith) 4,942,604 Jul. 17, 1990
Davis 5,272,748 Dec. 21, 1993
(filed May 21, 1991)
Claims 1 through 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103.
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner offers Davis and Smith
with regard to claims 1 through 6, adding Hird to this
combination with regard to claims 7 through 12.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective details of the positions of appellant and the
examiner.
OPINION
We reverse.
The examiner employs Davis for the teaching of a pay
telephone having telephone numbers for business locations located
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