Appeal No. 97-2541
Application 08/369,022
Also, with regard to multimedia conferencing purported
being investigated by NEC, the description is not sufficiently
specific. Mere teaching multimedia conferencing incorporating
graphics, still images, text, voice, and hand drawn figures
transmitted using satellite communication and ISDN does not
reasonably suggest sending both audio speech together with its
locally generated text equivalent to other conferees. A
conclusion of obviousness cannot be based on speculation. The
mere fact that the prior art may be modified in the manner
suggested by the examiner does not make the modification
obvious unless the prior art suggested the desirability of the
modification. In re Fritch, 972 F.2d 1260, 1266 n.14, 23
USPQ2d 1780, 1783-84 n.14 (Fed. Cir. 1992); In re Gordon, 733
F.2d 900, 902, 221 USPQ 1125, 1127 (Fed. Cir. 1984).
With regard to claims 3 and 14, which further require the
transmission of the local text equivalent of the local speech
input to the other workstations in the conference, the
examiner is erroneous in concluding that Morse discloses or
reasonably suggests that feature. In Morse, all inputs are
transmitted to a central system and there is no teaching of
any local conversion of speech into text. Without there being
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