Appeal No. 1998-2723
Application No. 08/571,679
ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to have
utilized a gateway as claimed in order to permit a telephone
network to communicate with the Wesby system.”
The examiner acknowledges (answer, page 4) that Wesby
“utilizes a Star communication network for communication
between the central station and the nodes,” but concludes that
“this can be considered to be a Mesh network in some
instances.” More
importantly, the examiner acknowledges (answer, page 4) that
Wesby “does not pass signals from one node to another node in
an
attempt to communicate to the central [station].” For such a
teaching, the examiner turns to the mesh network teachings of
Bartee which provide for “alternative routes in case of
failure, and is therefore advantageous over a star network”
(answer,
page 4). For such an advantage, the examiner concludes
(answer, pages 4 and 5) that “it would have been obvious to
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