Ex parte KANEKO - Page 5




          Appeal No. 1999-2379                                                        
          Application 08/716,061                                                      

          (pages referred to as "RBr__") for a statement of                           
          Appellant's arguments thereagainst.                                         
                                      OPINION                                         
          Grouping of claims                                                          
               Appellant states that the claims stand or fall together                
          (Br8).  This means that the Board may select a single claim                 
          to determine patentability.  See 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7)                       
          (1998).  However, in the argument section of the brief,                     
          Appellant argues two groups of claims, one for each ground                  
          of rejection.  And, within the obviousness group, Appellant                 
          makes minor arguments regarding claims 3, 9, 15, and 22, to                 
          displaying non-recorded commercial material at both the send                
          list displaying means and the record list displaying means;                 
          the limitations of claims 14 and 21, to displaying a record                 
          list, are not argued.  The Examiner stated that the claims                  
          stand or fall together (EA2), but addressed the claims.  We                 
          will consider the claims argued; however, Appellant should                  
          be more careful in designating the grouping of claims.  The                 
          grouping of claims is as follows:                                           
               (1) Claims 1, 4-6, 8, 10-12, 16-18, 23, and 24 stand or                
          fall together with representative claim 1.                                  

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