Appeal No. 1999-2317 Page 9
Application No. 08/634,543
each of said pair of switching systems; ... said Internet
modules being linked to signal transfer points in said control
network ....” Similarly, claim 17 specifies in pertinent part
the following limitations: "at least a pair of said central
office switching systems having connected thereto an Internet
module, said central office switching systems providing
selective connection between said modules and the subscriber
lines connected to each of said pair of central office
switching systems; ... said Internet modules being linked to
signal transfer points in said control network ....”
Accordingly, claims 10-22 require inter alia linking
origination and destination COs’ respective Internet modules
to signal transfer points (“STPs”) in a CCIS.
The examiner fails to show a teaching or suggestion of
the limitations in the applied prior art. Gordon’s UniPost
system omits STPs. Although Wheeler’s AIN includes STPs 23,
25, and 31, (fig. 1A,) it is unclear why one of ordinary skill
in the art would have linked Gordon’s UniPost Access Nodes
thereto.
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