Appeal No. 98-0588
Application 08/501,293
computers. The scanner “selects” between a plurality of host
computers upon scanning the bar code associated with a
selected computer and configures itself in order to
communicate with the selected computer. Similarly,
appellants’ own claims and disclosure disclose that the
scanner “selects” between a plurality of host computers upon
scanning the bar code associated with a selected computer and
configures itself in order to communicate with the selected
computer.
Lastly, we agree with the examiner that “the Reddersen
system could obviously be employed with a ‘non-cable’ system
such as Tymes.” (Paper No. 21 at 4). As even suggested in
Tymes, wireless scanner systems are desirable over scanner
systems with cables, since a user of such a wireless scanner
may be free to move about. (Tymes, column 1, lines 19-24 and
column 3, lines 38-41). We further conclude that it would
have been obvious to configure a wireless scanner’s
transmitter to a particular communication channel upon
scanning a bar code to communicate with a selected host
computer, since Reddersen generally teaches a scanner scanning
a bar code and configuring its communication parameters based
on the bar code information.
Based on the record before us, the appellants have failed
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