Appeal No. 1997-1014
Application 07/991,013
indication, to us, that there is an electrical connection
between the module and the main body.
However, even though Takagi may show an electrical
connection between the main body and the module, the instant
claims still require that the electrical circuit of the module
execute communication programs and applications in cooperation
with the electrical circuits of the apparatus. The examiner’s
rejection provides no showing of this limitation in any of the
applied references nor does the examiner come to grips with
the question as to why it would have been obvious to modify
the applied references.
Since the module must be capable of executing
communication programs and applications, the module must have
a processor. There is no indication that the telephone
memorandum module of Takagi has such a processor nor is it
seen that such a memorandum module for merely passing data
would require such a processor. It is likely that the
calculator module of Takagi has its own processor but this
module is not disclosed as being, in any way, electrically
connected to the apparatus. But even if the module of Takagi
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