Ex parte AYALA - Page 2




               Appeal No. 95-3807                                                                                                      
               Application 08/088,696                                                                                                  


                       The independent claim 6 is reproduced as follows:                                                               
                       6.   A system for a subscribing party to retrieve communications from calling parties at a                      
               predetermined plurality of Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) devices, each of said subscribing                          
               party CPE devices placed at a different geographic location and having a corresponding                                  
               communication address, the system comprising:                                                                           
                       a central office switch (COS) in electrical communication with said calling parties and said                    
               plurality of subscribing party CPE devices, said COS adapted to identify communications which                           
               are directed to said subscribing party, place the communications on queue and generate                                  
               corresponding paging signals in a predetermined sequence for receipt by said subscribing party                          
               CPE devices at their corresponding communication addresses; and                                                         
                       identification means in electrical communication with said COS for receiving a subscriber                       
               specific log-in number at a selected subscribing party CPE device, identifying the corresponding                        
               communication on queue and routing the communication to the subscriber at said selected CPE                             
               device.                                                                                                                 
                       The Examiner does not rely on any references.                                                                   
                       The specification is objected to under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as failing to teach                    
               how to make and use the claimed invention and as failing to provide an adequate written                                 
               description of the invention.  Claims 6 through 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first                           
               paragraph, for the reasons set forth in the objection to the specification.                                             












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