Appeal No. 97-2541
Application 08/369,022
receipt of both (1) speech data from other audio conference
participants, and (2) the converted text equivalent to that
data, and that Pate nowhere suggests the dual-receipt feature
of the claimed invention.
To satisfy the requirement of receiving both speech and
its text equivalent, the examiner cites to the following
disclosure in Pate on page 318, in column 2, paragraph 2 [1]:
This application is an extension of the
text-based electronic mail model to
incorporate audio, video, and graphics.
It should also be noted that the above-quoted text is
immediately preceded by the caption “Multimedia Mail:”. The
examiner further quotes Pate on page 318, in column 2,
paragraph 4:
NEC in Japan is also investigating
multimedia conferencing incorporating
graphics, still images, text, voice, and
hand drawn figures transmitted using
satellite communication and ISDN.
The disclosure cited by the examiner, however, is
generic, and would not have reasonably suggested the specific
requirement of receiving both the speech data as well as its
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