Appeal No. 2002-0410
Application No. 08/802,575
Appellants’ invention relates to a pricing information pager. An understanding of
the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced
below.
1. A paging system comprising:
a bargain information database;
a processor for accessing said bargain information database; and
a transmitter for transmitting said information to a pager.
The prior art of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims is as follows:
Wang et al. (Wang) 5,649,289 Jul. 15, 1997
(Filed July 10, 1995)
Claims 1-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Wang.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 12, mailed Jan. 8, 1999) and the examiner's supplemental answer
(Paper No. 14, mailed Jun. 23, 1999) for the examiner's reasoning in support of the
2
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007