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          Appeal No. 2002-1454                                                        
          Application 08/909,950                                                      


               processing unit which runs a voice application; and                    
               data communications network input/output port connected to a           
          data communications network accessing HTML documents;                       
               wherein at least one of said HTML documents has voice                  
          application HTML tags inserted therein, said tags providing the             
          commands and data required to form said voice application.                  
          Reference                                                                   
               The reference relied on by the Examiner is as follows:                 
               Wise et al. (Wise)       5,884,262      Mar. 16, 1999                  
          (Filing date Mar. 28, 1996)                                                 
                              Rejection at Issue                                      
               Claims 1 through 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as            
          being anticipated by Wise.                                                  
                              OPINION                                                 
               With full consideration being given to the subject matter on           
          appeal, the Examiner’s rejection and arguments of Appellants and            
          the Examiner, for the reasons stated infra, we reverse the                  
          Examiner’s rejection of claims 1 through 12 under 35 U.S.C.                 
          § 102.                                                                      
               It is axiomatic that anticipation of a claim under § 102 can           
          be found only if the prior art reference discloses every element            
          of the claim.  See In re King, 801 F.2d 1324, 1326, 231 USPQ 136,           



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