Appeal No. 1997-3822
Application No. 08/406,668
lines 31-36). Apparently based on Nagata's suggestion that
the telephone device at the receiving end can take the form of
a device 3 or a device 3' (col. 8, lines 57-65), the examiner 2
contends (Answer at 4) that it would have been obvious to
replace transmitting device 3' of Figure 6 with a device like
device 3, which includes a handset, keypad, and indicator lamp
and thus is capable of being used to receive ordinary
telephone calls. Hereinafter, the device that replaced device
3' will be referred to as "the receiving telephone device" and
the other device as "the transmitting telephone device."
However, the card at the receiving end will continue to be
identified as 1'.
Each of the telephone devices 3 also includes an
indicator lamp 34 which "serves to indicate the operation
state of the transmitting and receiving apparatus 3. For
example, the indication lamp 34 blinks during the transmission
or reception of the message or it is turned on when the
transmission or reception by the card is completed." (Col. 7,
2In view of this suggestion, the examiner need not
have argued (Answer at 4) that it would have been obvious to
replace device 3' with a device like device 3.
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