Appeal No. 2002-1997 Page 5
Application No. 08/828,549
218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983)). "[A]bsence from the reference of any claimed
element negates anticipation." Kloster Speedsteel AB v. Crucible, Inc., 793 F.2d 1565,
1571, 230 USPQ 81, 84 (Fed. Cir. 1986).
Here, neither Rogers' CO trunk interface 203 nor its PBX trunk interface 206 is
connected between the core of a switch and a computer network. To the contrary, the
Figure cited by the examiner shows that the CO trunk interface 203 is connected
between CO trunks 202, circuit switches 204, and computer signal busses 211 inside a
Call Management Computer. Figure 2 also shows that the PBX trunk interface 206 is
connected between PBX trunks 205, additional circuit switches 204, and the computer
signal busses 211 inside the Call Management Computer. The following passage of
the reference confirms these showings.
The telephony subsystem ties together the CO trunk 102 and PBX
trunks 105 through their specific trunk interfaces 203, 206 and circuit
switches 204 to the telephony signal buses 210. Each of the trunk
interfaces 203, 206 is also coupled to the computer data bus 211, through
which the computer processors 201 receive information and provide
control and data to both the CO trunk interface 203 and its circuit
switches 204.
Col. 9, ll. 34-41.
Second, the examiner alleges, "Rogers teaches convert [sic] by a signal
processing means in a network connection device (203 and/or 206) have an assigned
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