Appeal No. 1998-2727
Application 08/220,949
connection is detected as recited in Appellants’ claims.
Thus, Matsumoto adds features when connected to an accessory
as opposed to changing the selection of existing features as
claimed. Furthermore, APA and Grothause do not cure this
deficiency in the stated rejection. Although Grothause
changes the type of alert selected, this change is based upon
ambient noise as opposed to detecting connection to an
accessory. We see no teaching, suggestion, or rational as to
how Grothause’s change in alert selection, based on ambient
noise, would make Appellants’ claimed selection obvious, which
is based on detection of an accessory connection.
Accordingly, we will not sustain the Examiner’s 35
U.S.C. § 103 rejection of claims 11, 12 and 18 through 21.
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