Appeal No. 2000-0150
Application 08/661,440
Dictionary of the English Language 1351 (New College Edition,
1975), which defines "token" in pertinent part as follows:
"1. Something that serves as an indication or representation of
some fact, event, emotion, or the like; a sign; symbol."
C. The references and rejection
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Kasparian et al. (Kasparian) 4,896,370 Jan. 23, 1990
Shiff 5,088,070 Feb. 11, 1992
Hosack et al. (Hosack) 5,418,528 May 23, 1995
Fennell 5,430,436 Jul. 4, 1995
Kirk et al. (Kirk) 5,768,578 June 16, 1998
(Filed Feb. 27, 1995)
Claims 1, 7, and 9-11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable for obviousness over Fennell in view of Kirk.
Claims 2-6, 8, 12, and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as unpatentable for obviousness over Fennell in view of
Kirk, Hosack, Kasparian, and Shiff.3
Fennel discloses a pager which allows a received message to
be modified by addition or deletion of alphanumeric characters
prior to being stored and also allows the generation and storage
3 Although the statements of this ground of rejection in
the final Office action (Paper No. 13, at 3) and the Answer
(Paper No. 18, at 4) fail to include Kirk, it is apparent from
the discussion of the rejection that this is an oversight.
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