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                   Appeal No. 2003-2018                                                                                                                                   
                   Application No. 09/057,261                                                                                                                             


                             Independent claim 1 present in the application is                                                                                            
                   representative of Appellant's claimed invention and is reproduced                                                                                      
                   as follows:                                                                                                                                            
                   1.        A speech recognition system, comprising:                                                                                                     
                             a host computer, the host computer operative to communicate                                                                                  
                   at least one graphical user interface (GUI) display file to a                                                                                          
                   mobile terminal, the GUI display file having attached thereto at                                                                                       
                   least one of a dictionary file having phonemes and syntax file                                                                                         
                   having allowable patterns of words to facilitate speech                                                                                                
                   recognition, wherein the at least one of a dictionary file and                                                                                         
                   syntax file are content specific to the GUI display file;                                                                                              
                             the mobile terminal including a microphone for receiving                                                                                     
                   speech input; and                                                                                                                                      
                             wherein the mobile terminal employs the at least one of a                                                                                    
                   dictionary file and syntax file to facilitate speech recognition                                                                                       
                   in connection with the at least one GUI display file.                                                                                                  
                                                                            Reference                                                                                     
                             The reference relied on by the Examiner is as follows:                                                                                       
                   Barclay et al. (Barclay)                                    5,960,399                               Sep. 28, 1999                                      
                                                                                                    (filed Dec. 24, 1997)                                                 
                                                                  Rejections at Issue                                                                                     
                             Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 8-18, 20 and 22 stand rejected under                                                                                      
                   35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Barclay.                                                                                                    
                             Throughout our opinion, we will make reference to the                                                                                        
                   briefs1 and the answer for the respective details thereof.                                                                                             

                             1 Appellant filed an appeal brief on December 17, 2002.                                                                                      
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