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             Appeal No. 1999-2841                                                                                      
             Application No. 08/655,133                                                                                

                    25.    A computer program product comprising:                                                      
                           a.  a memory medium, and                                                                    
                           b.  a computer program stored on said memory medium, said computer                          
                    program including instructions for establishing communications between a calling                   
                    station and one or more called stations when information stored at a called                        
                    station satisfies a search query sent by a calling station.                                        
                    The examiner relies on the following references:                                                   
             Drori et al. (Drori)                       5,081,667                   Jan. 14, 1992                      
             Lemelson et al. (Lemelson)                 5,731,785                   Mar. 24, 1998                      
                                                                            (filed May 13, 1994)                       
                    Claims 1-8, 10, 12, and 19-26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being                        
             anticipated by Lemelson.                                                                                  
                    Claims 9 and 13-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable                      
             over Lemelson.                                                                                            
                    Claims 16-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over                       
             Lemelson and Drori.                                                                                       
                    Claim 11 has been canceled.                                                                        
                    We refer to the Final Rejection (mailed Nov. 3, 1998) and the Examiner's Answer                    
             (mailed Jul. 6, 1999) for a statement of the examiner's position and to the Brief (filed                  
             Feb. 23, 1999) for appellant’s position with respect to the claims which stand rejected.                  






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