Appeal No. 2000-1459
Application No. 08/703,907
switching procedure. Further, complex calculations are not
required.
Representative independent claim 6 is reproduced as
follows:
6. An automatic beam switching apparatus in a multi-beam
satellite communication system comprising:
a position computing means for computing a first position
of a mobile satellite communication terminal;
a position-beam correspondence table having a plurality
of stored positions that correspond to a plurality of adjacent
beams; and
a beam switching means for selecting a first beam by
referencing said position-beam correspondence table using said
computed first position of said mobile satellite communication
terminal.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Moritz et al. [Moritz] 5,483,664 Jan. 9 1996
[filed Jul. 26, 1993]
Claims 1 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) as
anticipated by Moritz.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
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