Appeal No. 2005-1132
Application No. 09/738,294
in Tang obtain presence and availability information over at
least an STN. Appellants did not file a reply brief to contest
these findings of the examiner. Therefore, we find that the
examiner has made persuasive findings in support of
unpatentability which findings have not been rebutted by
appellants. Even though we have determined that the teachings of
Klein are not necessary to support the rejection, the rejection
based on the collective teachings of Tang and Klein is still
appropriate.
We also agree with the examiner that Tang teaches a
visual indication of the availability of a team member for
telephone communications [column 6, lines 47-50]. The indication
of telephone use as suggested by Tang suggests obtaining that
information using at least an STN as claimed.
We now consider the rejection of claim 23 based on Tang,
Klein and Lane. The examiner finds that Tang and Klein teach the
invention of claim 23 except for deriving the presence and
availability information using Common Channel System (CCS)
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