Ex parte OKAMOTO - Page 5




          Appeal No. 1998-0918                                                        
          Application 08/314,451                                                      


          USPQ 929, 933 (Fed. Cir. 1984).  These showings by the                      
          examiner are an essential part of complying with the burden of              
          presenting a prima facie case of obviousness.  Note In re                   
          Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1445, 24 USPQ2d 1443, 1444 (Fed. Cir.               
          1992).  If that burden is met, the burden then shifts to the                
          applicant to overcome the prima facie case with argument                    
          and/or evidence.  Obviousness is then determined on the basis               
          of the evidence as a whole and the relative persuasiveness of               
          the arguments.  See Id.; In re Hedges, 783 F.2d 1038, 1039,                 
          228 USPQ 685, 686 (Fed. Cir. 1986); In re Passaic, 745 F.2d                 
          1468, 1472, 223 USPQ 785, 788 (Fed. Cir. 1984); and In re                   
          Rinehart, 531 F.2d 1048, 1052, 189 USPQ 143, 147 (CCPA 1976).               
          Only those arguments actually made by appellant have been                   
          considered in this decision.  Arguments which appellant could               
          have made but chose not to make in the brief have not been                  
          considered [see 37 CFR § 1.192(a)].                                         
          With respect to each of the claims on appeal, the                           
          examiner points out how Putnam is relied on in meeting the                  
          claimed invention.  The examiner acknowledges that Putnam does              
          not teach the inputting of notes before a call is made                      
          [answer, page 5].  Norwood is cited as teaching an information              
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