Appeal No. 97-1200
Application No. 08/200,945
Claim 26 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
26. Telecommunications apparatus for selectively preventing
establishment of a telephone call to a telephone number having a
central office exchange code, said telecommunications apparatus
being capable of receiving a transmitted dialing sequence which
includes a first plurality of dialing signals, followed by a
second plurality of dialing signals followed by a third plurality
of dialing signals, wherein said telephone call is placed through
a telecommunications switch, said telecommunications apparatus
comprising:
means for receiving said dialing sequence prior to receiving
said central office exchange code;
means for evaluating said third plurality of dialing signals
and for preventing said telecommunications switch from
establishing said telephone call if
said evaluated third plurality of dialing signals are
determined to a) be in a location in said dialing sequence to
accomplish international dialing, and b) be respective
predetermined signals which are used for international dialing
irrespective of said second plurality of dialing signals.
The reference relied on by the examiner in the remaining
rejection is:
Bimonte et al. (Bimonte) 4,577,066 Mar. 18, 1986
Claims 26 and 28 through 30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Bimonte.2
2Although FCC Regulations are not listed in the references
of record, the examiner does, however, discuss them in the
grounds of the rejection.
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