Appeal No. 97-1384
Application 08/068,357
claims 11, 12 and 15 will stand or fall with independent claim 9.
Thus, we will consider only independent claims 1 and 9.
The examiner's position, in a nutshell, is stated at
page 2 of the supplemental answer [Paper No. 18]:
Nelson teaches a radio data link or a
plurality of RF modems having means for
producing the command signals and logic
means for producing a reply signal.
Caswell teaches a system wherein each of
the RF modems comprises a predetermined
serial number for properly tracking
information during data exchanges and
Rubin teaches a received message having
IDs of the transceiver and the intended
receiver. Therefore, the Nelson modem
system modified by Caswell and Rubin
would have provided at [sic] the claimed
subject mater [sic, matter] which [sic,
in which] a modem system for
broadcasting a replay [sic, reply]
signal that [sic] includes the serial
number of the receiving modem.
Appellant does not contradict the examiner's
application of Nelson. Therefore, the teaching by Nelson of "a
radio data link or a plurality of RF modems having means for
producing the command signals and logic means for producing a
reply signal" is not in dispute.
Rather, appellant makes three arguments:
1. Rubin does not teach broadcasting the serial number
of the transmitting RF modem.
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