Appeal No. 2006-2679
Application No. 10/359,882
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to a system and method for printing caller ID information
associated with a telephone call. Representative claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A caller ID printing device, comprising:
a controller configured to detect caller ID information from an incoming
call;
and a printer configured to automatically print the caller ID information and
a message template onto a printed call record immediately after receipt of a first
ring signal and without user intervention.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Valenzona et al. (Valenzona) US 4,747,133 May 24, 1988
Sawaya US 6,125,170 Sep. 26, 2000
Asano US 2003/0126016 A1 Jul. 3, 2003
(filed Jul. 26, 2002)
Claims 1-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Sawaya and Asano.
Claims 15 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Sawaya, Asano, and Valenzona.
We refer to the Final Rejection (mailed Jun. 17, 2005) and the Examiner’s
Answer (mailed Jan. 11, 2006) for a statement of the examiner’s position and to the
Brief (filed Oct. 31, 2005) and the Reply Brief (filed Mar. 15, 2005) for appellants’
position with respect to the claims which stand rejected.
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