Appeal No. 2002-2034
Application No. 09/175,080
of entering the additional destination, automatically transmitting
image information from the document to each of the preprogrammed
destinations, and transmitting the image information from the
document to the additional destination. (Examiner’s Answer, page
3, line 14, page 4, line 11)(citations omitted).
The examiner has additionally found that, for claim 8,
Fukushima describes a system for transmitting image information
including a user interface for manually entering a dialing group
of predetermined destinations, a memory operable to store the
dialing group, a circuit operable to detect a document and to
automatically select switches to access the preprogrammed dialing
group of predetermined destinations and a switch that allows a
user to manually enter an additional destination, whereby the
image information is transmitted in a single operation.
(Examiner’s Answer, page 6, lines 1-17)(citations omitted).
Finally, for claim 15, the examiner has found that Fukushima
describes a dialing group selection circuit operable to detect a
document placed in a facsimile machine, start a pre-programmed
group of predetermined destinations, and automatically select a
switch that allows a user to manually enter an additional
destination. Fukushima is further said to describe a detecting
circuit to detect a document, a switching circuit to receive a
reset signal and automatically activate a single button dialer
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