Appeal No. 2000-0264
Application No. 08/752,624 Page 8
local paging telephone number on telephone 24, and provides the
telephone number of the receiving user. After the information is
confirmed, the sending user can call the number entered (option
4). The number can be up to fifteen digits col. 7, line 54
through col. 8, line 19).
From our review of Kane, we find no disclosure of whether or
not Kane is directed to a global paging system. However, from
the disclosures of Kane and Gaskill of initiating pages using a
telephone or computer, and Lucas' teaching of using a land-line
link to diverse areas, we find that an artisan would have been
motivated to combine the teachings of Kane, Lucas, and Gaskill to
make the E-mail paging system of Kane operate in a global
fashion. We find that an artisan would have recognized the
advantages of having an e-mail paging system that operated in a
global fashion, in order to allow use of the system by a larger
number of individuals. We agree with appellant (brief, page 6)
that Lucas is not directed to a global paging system, but rather
is directed to a nationwide paging system. However, for the
reasons stated above, we find that Gaskill teaches a global data
communications network 124, as shown in figure 2A; see also col.
13, lines 57-60).
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