Appeal No. 2000-1711
Application 08/808,870
said controller converts said recipient identifier and said
sequence of selected characters into an electronic signal;
and
a transmitter which receives said electronic
signal from said controller and transmits said signal to a
paging system.
We note that Metroka actually discloses an electronic controller
as recited in the first phrase, but not that the sequence of
characters is a message. The examiner refers to Zabarsky for the
teachings of a message associated with a recipient identifier,
which is converted into an electronic signal and transmitted to a
paging system (EA4). The examiner concludes that it would have
been obvious to include the teachings of Zabarsky in the
combination of Metroka and Indekeu "for the purpose of enabling
the delivery of a message to a particular page unit wherever in
the system it may be located" (EA5).
Appellants argue that the examiner has failed to provide any
reasons to support the conclusion that the combination would have
been obvious (Br8).
The examiner responds that Metroka, Indekeu, and Zabarsky
are all transceivers and "[t]herefore, it would not be such a
complex matter to combine Metroka and Indekeu's devices in order
to provide multiple features in a small device to users" (EA9).
Appellants argue that this argument fails to satisfy the
burden of showing motivation (RBr4). It is argued that "[t]he
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