Appeal No. 2000-0611
Application No. 08/708,179
From the above discussion, we agree with appellants that the combination of the
teachings of Siwiak with respect to the use of a point-to-point acknowledgment signal in
response to a point-to-point message in combination with the point-to-multipoint
message (group call) of Comroe would not have suggested the claimed
point-to-multipoint message in combination with a point-to-point acknowledgment
message. Since the examiner has not established a prima facie case of obviousness,
we cannot sustain the rejection of independent claim 1. Similarly, we cannot sustain
the rejection of independent claims 2, 7, 8, 10, 12, and 13 and their dependent claims
since the examiner has not relied upon the teachings of Neustein and Raith to remedy
the deficiencies in the combination of Comroe and Siwiak.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1-15 under 35
U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
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