Appeal No. 2001-1212
Application No. 08/777,986
means for interfacing signals of said terminal
unit with said control functionality of said
repeater.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Szabo 5,410,753 Apr. 25, 1995
Marque-Pucheu 5,509,028 Apr. 16, 1996
Claims 10 through 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Szabo in view of Marque-Pucheu.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 23,
mailed October 25, 2000) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to appellant's Brief (Paper No. 21,
filed August 11, 2000) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 26, filed
December 29, 2000) for appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the claims, the applied prior
art references, and the respective positions articulated by
appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of our review, we
will affirm the obviousness rejection of claims 10 through 13.
The examiner states (Answer, page 4) that it would have been
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