Appeal No. 96-0712 Page 12
Application No. 08/015,756
store-and-forward computer.” As explained by the examiner, at
page 20 of the answer, “the computer 70 connected to the fax
controller receives the fax message, store [sic, stores] them
in the disk storage 76 and transmits it to other local computer
70. Therefore, the computer 70 connected to the fax controller
can represent the facsimile store-and-forward computer as
claimed in claims 12 and 13.” While we may find fault with the
grammar, we find no fault with the examiner’s reasoning. In
response, appellant merely “disagrees” [brief-bottom of page 6]
and refers to column 9, lines 4-14 of Herbst, alleging that the
description therein does not disclose a first facsimile
compatible modem. If appellant is suggesting that no “modem”
is explicitly described therein, we agree with the examiner
that a modem is inherently taught by Herbst since telephone
communication between computers is employed.
While appellant discusses a reference to “Normura” [sic,
Normura] at page 7 of the brief, we note that this reference no
longer forms part of the examiner’s rejection. Insofar as the
argument at page 7 of the brief concerns Herbst, appellant
contends that the reference does not teach a “LAN server to
allow a group of user’s [sic] to share a single fax modem
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