Appeal No. 2001-2050
Application No. 08/997,085
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
1. A method for processing an on-hold call between a hold initiating party and a
holding party, comprising the steps of:
receiving at a network node a hold termination signal from the holding party;
receiving at a network node a selection identifier from the holding party; and
delivering a pre-recorded hold termination message from the network node to the hold
initiating party in response to the hold termination signal, the pre-recorded hold termination
message being identified by the selection identifier.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Nishikawa et al. (Nishikawa) 5,095,504 Mar. 10, 1992
Inaba 5,099,508 Mar. 24, 1992
Wolff et al. (Wolff) 5,327,486 July 5, 1994
Nepustil 5,930,339 July 27, 1999
(filed Nov. 5, 1996)
Claims 1 through 5, 7, 9, 11 through 14, 16, 19 through 22, 24 and 27 through 32 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Nepustil in view of Wolff.
Claims 8, 10, 17, 18, 25 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Nepustil in view of Wolff and Inaba.
Claims 6, 15 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Nepustil in view of Wolff and Nishikawa.
Reference is made to the briefs (paper numbers 16 and 18) and the supplemental answer
(paper number 21) for the respective positions of the appellants and the examiner.
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