Appeal No. 97-3059
Application No. 08/251,014
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1 through 7, 9 through 13 and 16 through 20, all of the
claims pending in the application.
The invention is directed to a radio telephone comprising
separate and distinct modules, each module is connected to a
basic module for operation of the telephone in different
modes.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as
follows:
1. A radio telephone for operating in at least two signal
processing modes of operation, comprising:
a basic module (1) including basic circuitry consisting
of all circuitry which is common to the operation of the
telephone in both of the signal processing modes,
a discrete first supplementary module (2) including first
supplementary circuitry consisting of only non-common
circuitry for processing signals characteristic of a first one
of the modes of operation, and
a discrete second supplementary module (3) including
second supplementary circuitry consisting of only non-common
circuitry for processing signals characteristic of a second
one of the modes of operation,
wherein at least one of the first and second
supplementary modules are detachably coupled to the basic
module such that the telephone is operable in the first and
second modes according to which of the first and second
supplementary modules is coupled to the basic module.
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