Appeal No. 2002-1328
Application 08/970,883
which the depression of a single emergency key dials a pre-stored
telephone number, activates the speaker and microphone of a
personal device and activates the speaker of a base unit. The
examiner has found a first reference which teaches that a single
key can cause a pre-stored telephone number to be dialed, a
second reference which teaches that a single key can cause the
speaker and microphone of a personal device to be activated, and
a third reference which teaches that a single key can cause the
speaker of the base unit to be activated. Although the applied
prior art teaches that the three functions of the claims can each
be individually activated by depression of a single key, there is
no teaching or suggestion of using a single emergency key to
activate all three functions. Appellant’s disclosure explains
the need for activating the three functions at the same time in
an expeditious manner using a single emergency key. The applied
prior art does not recognize the need for the claimed three
functions to be activated at the same time. Since the need is
not recognized, the applied prior art makes no suggestion that
the same key should be used to activate all three functions in
the event of an emergency. The only suggestion to use a single
emergency key to activate all three functions at the same time
comes from appellant’s specification. The examiner has provided
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