Appeal No. 1997-3822
Application No. 08/406,668
includes a user command input device for requesting a voice-
mail transmission rather than a standard telephone mode
transmission" (Brief at 12), as recited in claim 1. Appellant
has not explained, and it is not apparent to us, why the
claimed user command input device cannot be read onto card 1,
as argued by the examiner (Answer at 8), which implicitly
treats the card and the transmitting telephone device as the
claimed transmitter. Nor has appellant explained why the
"selector means" of claims 5 and 14 and the step of
"permitting a caller to select" in claim 24 are not satisfied
in the same way.
REVERSED
JOHN C. MARTIN )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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JERRY SMITH ) BOARD OF PATENT
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LEE E. BARRETT )
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