Appeal No. 1997-1014 Application 07/991,013 for executing communication programs and applications in cooperation with the electrical circuits” of either the apparatus [claim 1] or the communication device [claim 11]. The examiner finds this claim limitation to be met by the separate calculator or clock modules of Takagi. We disagree. There is no teaching in Takagi to suggest that the disclosed clock and calculator modules are anything but separate units merely placed in a compartment on the telephone apparatus to give the telephone extra functional capabilities. Takagi does not suggest that these modules are interconnected with any electrical circuits in the main body of the telephone in any manner. To suggest that the modules are anything but wholly contained units in and of themselves which are merely placed, alternatively, in a compartment of the larger device amounts to mere speculation. Now it should be noted, and appellants recognize, that while the calculator and clock modules of Takagi are not interconnected to any circuitry in the body of the telephone, 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007