Appeal No. 1998-2870
Application 08/429,954
(col. 6, lines 39-42). After the dialer mode of operation is
complete or a program mode of device 10 is complete, the micro
controller 52 returns the system to the "stand-by" or "sleep"
mode in which the telephone is turned back on and in which
certain power hungry components are turned off, but in which the
active components include micro controller 52 (col. 7, line 46 to
col. 8, line 5). Thus, in the "stand-by" or "sleep" mode the
micro controller 52, corresponding to the claimed CPU, is enabled
and the telephone is active to transmit signals as claimed.
Appellants' arguments (Br10) that Snyder does not transmit
signals on a telephone line with the CPU of the accessory device
is enabled are in error.
(3)
The independent claims require that the CPU is coupled to
receive and store the programming data. Claim 1 recites: "a
cable connector [33] for providing reception of programming data"
and a "central processing unit [20] coupled to retrieve . . . the
programming data . . . and enabling the storage of the
programming data." Claim 20 recites: "a cable connector [33]
providing for reception of programming data" and "a
microprocessor [20] operably coupled . . . to the cable connector
[33] to receive . . . the programming data" and "a memory device
[28] being programmed in response to the programming data."
Claim 21 recites: "a central processing unit [20] . . . coupled
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