Appeal No. 2005-1132
Application No. 09/738,294
Appellants also argue that there is no motivation in either Tang
or Klein to support the modification proposed by the examiner
[brief, pages 5-10].
The examiner responds that Tang does in fact teach the
use of a telephone and that the users in Tang must be connected
to a network such as LAN, WAN and the Internet in order to
communicate with other users throughout the network. The
examiner asserts that it was well known in the art that the
computers on such networks are coupled to the network through
modems which are connected to telephone lines, and that these
telephone lines must connect through the Public Switched
Telephone Network. Thus, it is the position of the examiner that
the connection of the computers to a network in Tang, such as the
Internet, must rely, in part, on the PSTN. The examiner also
reiterates his position that Klein teaches the usage/connection
between telephone lines and the Network [answer, pages 11-12].
We will sustain the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-22.
Although we agree with appellants that Klein appears to be
totally unrelated to the claimed invention and provides no
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