Appeal No. 1999-2594
Application No. 08/777,720
when said stop key is input by the user from said operational panel
during said dialing of the corresponding telephone number registered for
said abbreviated dial number, successively counting each time the user
input of said stop key from said operational panel, and automatically printing
a list of registered abbreviated dial numbers with corresponding telephone
numbers registered in said facsimile system for user dialing information,
when a count value of the user input of said stop key reaches said
predetermined value.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Fukushima et al. (Fukushima) 5,293,256 Mar. 08, 1994
Claims 1-4 and 8-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Fukushima.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 16, mailed Oct. 27, 1998) for the examiner's reasoning in support of
the rejections, and to appellant's brief (Paper No. 15, filed Aug. 18, 1998) and reply brief
(Paper No. 18, filed Dec. 28, 1998) for appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
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