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                     Appeal No. 1999-1612                                                                                                                                              
                     Application 08/614,188                                                                                                                                            


                     paragraph, of Bellcore ‘030 and to page 1, section 1.3, second                                                                                                    
                     paragraph; page 3, section 3.1.1.2., first paragraph; page 11,                                                                                                    
                     section 3.8, first and second paragraphs; and page 14, section                                                                                                    
                     3.10, first and second paragraphs, of Bellcore ‘031, 1986.                                                                                                        


                                Bellcore ‘030 is “Bellcore’s view of proposed generic                                                                                                  
                     requirements for SPCS Customer Premise Equipment Data                                                                                                             
                     Interface.”   Section 1.1, page 1, acknowledges that while it3                                                                                                                                         
                     is possible to send data when Customer Premise Equipment (CPE)                                                                                                    
                     is in an off-hook or an on-hook condition, “in an off-hook                                                                                                        
                     state, additional complexities arise regarding interrupting an                                                                                                    
                     existing voice conversation during data transmission.”  This                                                                                                      
                     section also notes that “[t]hese complexities are beyond the                                                                                                      
                     scope of this document, so the off-hook case is not addressed                                                                                                     
                     herein.”  We find that these passages do not provide any                                                                                                          
                     details which would show that the skilled artisan had                                                                                                             
                     necessary details needed on how to make and use an invention                                                                                                      
                     which requires transmission of caller identification data                                                                                                         
                     during an off-hook state.  This passage, in fact, implies that                                                                                                    


                                3See page iii of the reference.                                                                                                                        
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