Appeal No. 2000-1711
Application 08/808,870
'complexity' of the proposed combination has no bearing on
whether or not motivation for the combination is evident" (RBr4).
We agree that the examiner has not provided sound reasoning
for the combination. However, we find express motivation for the
combination as discussed in response to the next argument.
Appellants argue (Br7) that Zabarsky states an express
preference for an alphanumeric keyboard 903 as a means of
entering data at column 12, lines 26-28: "Pager 106 further
preferrably [sic] has a built-in RF modem and full alphanumeric
keypad which is used as a message encoder." Thus, it is argued,
one of ordinary skill in the art would have been lead away from
the combination of Zabarsky and Metroka (Br8).
We conclude that the collective teachings of Metroka and
Zabarsky would have suggested the claimed subject matter to one
of ordinary skill in the art, without the need for Indekeu.
Zabarsky discloses a two-way pager with an input device
(keypad 903 in figures 9 & 10) for composing a message of a
sequence of characters. Messages are stored after the page user
generates and enters them (col. 12, lines 41-43; col. 13,
lines 63-66). An address of the pager or destination of the
message ("recipient identifier") is entered after which the
message is transmitted (col. 13, line 68 to col. 14, line 3).
The difference between Zabarsky and the claimed subject matter is
that Zabarsky uses a keypad for data entry rather than the
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