Appeal No. 1999-2317 Page 10
Application No. 08/634,543
Because Gordon’s origination and destination UniPost
Access Nodes are not linked to STPs, we are not persuaded that
the teachings from the applied prior art would have suggested
the limitations of "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 switching systems; ... said
Internet modules being linked to signal transfer points in
said control network” or "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 ....”
Therefore, we reverse the rejection of claims 10-22 as obvious
over Wheeler in view of Gordon.
CONCLUSION
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