Appeal No. 97-2710
Application No. 08/402,080
into a single transmitted fax (pages 3-12 and 3-13). WinFax
requires a send and receive fax/modem (page 4-1), and newly
received faxes are printed immediately upon reception (pages
4-1 and 4-4). The WinFax user can select an appropriate
printer on which to print received messages (pages 4-4 and 4-
5), and, if desired, the WinFax user may view a display
indicating that a message has been received (page 4-4). A
WinFax fax may be received while working in other Windows
applications (page 4-1). Although the WinFax publication
states that the faxes are printed immediately upon receipt,
one can infer from the latter statement that faxes may be
stored while working in other applications. In any event,
WinFax states that it does not consume additional system
memory (page 4-1).
We agree with the examiner (paper number 5, page 3) that
the “WinFax User’s Guide discloses . . . a document processing
system for receiving faxes, including the WinFax software, the
computer running it, a fax modem, and a printer connected to
the computer and responding to signals directed thereto to
produce a printed image.” We likewise agree with the examiner
(paper number 5, pages 4 and 5) that it would have been
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