Appeall No. 1998-1398 Page 12
Application No. 08/400,637
recognize in the disclosure a description of the limitations
of “automatically generating a three way call ...” and
“automatically terminating a path of the three way call ....”
Second, the examiner alleges, “[t]he specification
inadequately describes the telephone device having a telephone
number as stated by claims 27, 29, 31, and 34.” (Examiner’s
Answer at 6.) The appellants argue, “[s]upport in the
specification is found, for example, on page 14, line 23 -
page 18, line 2.” (Appeal Br. at 8.)
Claims 27-36 specify in pertinent part the following
limitations: “a telephone device having a telephone number
....” The examiner fails to show that the original
specification, which includes the original claims, does not
describe the limitations. "A patent specification is directed
to one of ordinary skill in the art." Wang Labs., Inc. v.
Toshiba Corp., 993 F.2d 858, 866, 26 USPQ2d 1767, 1774 (Fed.
Cir. 1993) (citing In re Hayes Microcomputer Prods., Inc.
Patent Litigation, 982 F.2d 1527, 1533, 25 USPQ2d 1241, 1245
(Fed. Cir. 1992)).
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