Appeal No. 2006-0277
Application No. 10/234,305
apparatus and transmitted remotely from the restaurant by the
transmission means and further wherein the apparatus is wireless;
a display means connected to the apparatus that displays the
information regarding the restaurant; and
a network remotely receiving the information from the
apparatus.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
CyberDiner® Internet Cafe Systems (October 30, 1998)
Claims 1 and 3-7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103 as
unpatenatable over CyberDiner.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the respective
positions of appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
The examiner cites the CyberDiner system as comprising a
restaurant with personal computers connected to the Internet for
providing Internet access to restaurant patrons, with the
restaurant “inherently” having within it, at each patron’s
computer, an apparatus as claimed, but for the apparatus being
“wireless.” However, the examiner finds that wireless transmission
means are well known, and “an obvious type of connection to use in
connecting a computer to a network” (answer-page 5).
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