Appeal No. 2000-2237
Application 08/723,712
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
Regarding independent claim 1, it is the examiner’s position
that Schellinger discloses the instant claimed subject matter but
for the use of a first wireless protocol which transmits a
reverse channel message without receiving a forward channel
message, where the first wireless protocol is used in the local
base station.
The examiner turns to Nagashima, citing column 5, lines 35-
60, for a teaching of the deficiency of Shellinger and concludes
that it would have been obvious “to include a first protocol for
registration within a local base station, as taught by Nagashima,
to the system of Schellinger, in order to prevent a duplicate
registration within the wireless network” [answer-page 4].
For their part, appellants counter with the argument that
Schellinger teaches a dual mode (cordless mode and cellular mode)
handset that has a single transceiver and uses a single protocol
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