Ex Parte Suryanarayana et al - Page 13


               Appeal 2007-0647                                                                             
               Application 10/421,366                                                                       

               find that reservations would be advantageous for certain special occasions,                  
               such as a child’s party, for example.                                                        
                      Therefore, we do not agree with Appellants’ assertion that an artisan                 
               would not have been motivated to combine August and Visconti in the                          
               manner suggested by the Examiner.  With respect to the issue of hindsight,                   
               we note that Appellants merely assert that the only suggestion to make the                   
               proffered combination comes from Appellants’ Specification, including the                    
               claims (See App. Br. 13).  Because Appellants do not provide further                         
               explanation, we find Appellants’ conclusory argument insufficient to show                    
               error in the Examiner’s prima facie case.                                                    

                                        Elements under section 103                                          
                      Appellants contend the proffered combination of August and Visconti                   
               fails to teach “receiving a notification at a data server that a telematics                  
               control unit is detected within a wireless coverage area, as recited in claim                
               53” (App. Br. 12).                                                                           
                      After carefully considering the record before us, we find Appellants                  
               have acknowledged that August teaches transmitting a menu to a device                        
               (App. Br. 6, see last sentence on page).  Indeed, August expressly discloses:                
                      Turning first to the operation of the personal wireless device                        
                      11, in FIG. 5, when first enabled for ordering, a display is                          
                      presented to a user of the various goods and/or services which                        
                      may be selected. For example, the control circuit 203 may                             
                      consult and operate display 207 to display available types of                         
                      products or services, such as lodging, fast food, video stores,                       
                      etc. [emphasis added].                                                                
               (August, ¶0021).                                                                             

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