Appeal No. 1998-2870
Application 08/429,954
to receive . . . programming data . . . and enabling the storage
of the programming data." Claim 23 recites: "a cable connector
[33] providing for the reception of programming data that
includes an identification or telephone number" and "a central
processing unit [20] coupled . . . to the cable connector [33] to
receive the programming data" and "a memory device [28] . . .
storing the identification or telephone number in response to the
input memory address and control signals corresponding to the
programming data."
The Examiner notes that Biggs teaches that EPROM 70 is
programmable through input 72 (EA8). This does not address the
claim language about the CPU being involved in storing the
programming data.
The Examiner next observes that Biggs teaches the
programming of macros, but does not say how this is done (EA8).
This is not useful to the rejection.
The Examiner notes that the speed dial routine uses a memory
predisposed in the memory as with a conventional phone and finds
that "[i]t is [sic, was] well known in the art that the
programming of memory in a conventional phone requires that the
CPU be enabled." The Examiner states that since Biggs does not
teach how the first and second programming methods (through
input 72 and the macros) are performed, it is assumed they are
performed as with a conventional phone and "[t]herefore, it is
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