Appeal No. 1997-2656
Application No. 07/907,472
audio and video data in the same memory of a facsimile machine with the teaching of
Yoshida of displaying the amount of remaining memory space in a user friendly format
which is displayed as a transmissible paper number which represents the fixed size
video pages. (Decision at pages 4-5.) We find that the teachings and suggestions of
Yoshida concerning providing a display of remaining space in memory would have been
desirable to a skilled artisan in the facsimile arts.
With the bodily incorporation of Yoshida into the APA, the remaining memory
space in the APA would be displayed in one user friendly format for the remaining video
memory and one display of the numeric size, e.g. kilobytes, which would not be a user-
friendly and understandable format for the audio. But, it is the examiner’s reasoned
opinion that it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of
the invention to also modify the format of display of the remaining memory space for
audio data to have the display of both remaining data spaces in user friendly and
understandable formats for consistency in the display format to the user. The most
analogous format for the audio data to the format taught and suggested by Yoshida for
video data would have been a fixed duration message. (See answer at page 4.) We
agreed with the examiner’s reasoned analysis of the prior art in our decision at pages 4-
5. Therefore, as explained, we find that the statement quoted by appellants is related
to the concept of obviousness, contrary to appellants’ assertion.
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