Appeal No. 2000-1593
Application 08/724,459
With respect to independent claims 1 and 8, the examiner
finds that Suomi teaches the claimed invention except that Suomi
uses an RS232 interface rather than a PCMCIA slot as claimed.
The examiner cites Gradeler as teaching that a PCMCIA slot is a
standard connection for small computers. The examiner finds that
it would have been obvious to the artisan to replace the RS232
interface in Suomi with a PCMCIA slot as taught by Gradeler in
order to provide an interface that allows for connection to most
small computers [answer, pages 3-4].
Appellants make the same arguments with respect to claims
1 and 8. Specifically, appellants argue that even if it would
have been obvious to the artisan to replace the RS232 connection
of Suomi with a PCMCIA connection as urged by the examiner, the
invention of claims 1 and 8 does not result because the claims
call for the radio receiver to be received within the PCMCIA
slot. Appellants argue that the artisan would not be motivated
to change the partitioning of Gradeler such that the PC Card
includes only a radio instead of the combination of radio and
modem. Appellants also argue that the examiner’s proposed
modification of the prior art selectively uses teachings of the
references based on appellants’ own disclosure [brief, pages 5-
6].
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