Appeal No. 2003-0415
Application No. 08/765,258
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. A method of controlling a communication between a
personal computer and a facsimile terminal, the facsimile
terminal connected to the personal computer via an interface
and having an integrated communication device and a
connected telephone terminal, comprising the steps of:
operating, using a main memory of the personal
computer, a link to the facsimile terminal;
entering commands into the personal computer for the
telephone terminal;
converting the commands, at a user control unit which
is assigned to the personal computer, into first control
commands for the facsimile terminal, into special control
commands; and
establishing an outgoing voice link of the connected
telephone terminal using the special control commands.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Wong et al. (Wong) 5,631,745 May 20, 1997
(filed Nov. 7, 1994)
Saulsbury 5,801,757 Sep. 1, 1998
(filed May 16, 1994)
Claims 1 through 8 and 10 through 17 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Saulsbury.
Claims 9 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Saulsbury in view of Wong.
Reference is made to the brief (paper number 22) and the
answer (paper number 23) for the respective positions of the
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