Appeal No. 2002-1327
Application 09/218,247
reciting that the identification of a subscriber is received in
response to a call attempt. A preferred connection is then
determined based on predetermined data associated with the
subscriber. We can find no disclosure in Sato which would
indicate that the identity of the subscriber is received. We
agree with appellants that there is no predetermined data
associated with the subscriber in Sato. The examiner’s finding
that the type of service requested in Sato constitutes
predetermined data associated with the subscriber is
unreasonable. We also agree with appellants that Sato does not
disclose connecting a wireless handset to a wireline switch based
on a preferred connection which has been determined from
predetermined data associated with the subscriber as claimed.
Since independent claim 7 has recitations similar to the
recitations of claim 1 considered above, we also do not sustain
the examiner’s rejection of independent claim 7. Since we have
not sustained the examiner’s rejection of either of the
independent claims, we do not sustain the examiner’s rejection of
any of the dependent claims. The rejection of claims 3 and 9
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 also fails because the rejection is based
on the same erroneous findings discussed above with respect to
claim 1.
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