Appeal No. 1997-2246
Application 08/353,572
inquiries contained in that decision. (Paper No. 19). On
November 20, 2000, the examiner provided a response. (Paper
No. 21). On November 29, 2000, the applicants filed a reply
to the examiner’s response (Paper No. 22), which reply was not
entered into the file or considered by the examiner. On March
27, 2001, this panel remanded the case back to the examiner
(Paper No. 23) for appropriate action concerning the
appellants’ reply and for certain other clarifications. On
May 14, 2001, the examiner filed a supplemental answer (Paper
No. 25). The supplemental answer addresses the points in
appellants’ reply which has now been entered in the official
file.
References relied on by the Examiner
Schwendeman et al. 4,914,649 April 3, 1990
(Schwendeman) (Filed 9/12/88)
The Rejection on Appeal
Claims 2, 4, 8 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by Schwendeman. Claims 2 and 8
are
independent claims.
The Invention
The claimed invention is directed to a message
transmission
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