Appeal No. 2000-0611
Application No. 08/708,179
multipoint message is "nothing more than sending out a group call for someone to
respond which is taught in Siwiak et al. (see abstract)." Id. We disagree with the
examiner. While the abstract of Siwiak mentions a group of acknowledge back pagers,
it also states that a central station transmits a group of message signals to the group of
acknowledge back pagers. Therefore, Siwiak does not teach the broadcast of a single
signal to multiple units as required by the claim 1.
Appellants identify at page 6 of the brief and pages 1-3 of the reply brief that
Siwiak teaches that messages are transmitted sequentially. (See Siwiak at col. 4.)
Siwiak teaches that:
FIG. 4B shows the sequential relationship of each of the addresses within
group 310. The addess [sic] of the first pager of the group of M pagers to
be addressed is designated address 1 and is transmitted first in group 310
as shown. The pager to which address 1 corresponds is designated AB-1
for reference. The address of second pager of the group of M selected
ack-back pagers is designated address 2 and is transmitted immediately
following address 1. The pager to which address 2
corresponds is designated pager AB-2. This process of address
transmission continues sequentially in the same fashion until all of the
addresses of the group of M pagers are transmitted ending with address
M, the address of the last or M'th pager in group 310. The pager to which
address M corresponds ss [sic, is] designated pager AB-M. A non-ack
back pager AB-3 is shown addressed in the block of M pages as will be
described later in the discussion of FIG. 4H.
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