Ex parte MENICH et al. - Page 12




          Appeal No. 2000-0326                                         Page 12            
          Application No. 08/644,465                                                      


          to produce a comparison;" "measuring a time, between a base                     
          station's transmitted signal and a corresponding received                       
          signal transmitted from a remote unit to produce a measured                     
          phase shift; comparing the phase shift to a threshold to                        
          produce a comparison;” “measuring a plurality of times between                  
          the plurality of base station's transmitted signals and                         
          corresponding received signals transmitted from a remote unit                   
          to produce a plurality of phase shift measurements; . . .                       
          comparing the plurality of phase shift measurements to a                        
          plurality of thresholds to produce a comparison” or “means for                  
          measuring an uncorrected phase shift of a remote unit to                        
          produce a measured phase shift, wherein the uncorrected phase                   
          shift is based on a time between a base station's transmitted                   
          signal and a corresponding signal received at the base                          
          station; means, coupled to means for measuring, for comparing                   
          the measured phase shift to a threshold to produce a                            
          comparison. . . .”  Therefore, we reverse the rejection of                      
          rejection of independent claims 1, 11, and 14 and of claims 2-                  
          6, claims 12 and 13, and claims 15 and 16, which respectively                   
          depend from the independent claims.  We also reverse the                        









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