Appeal No. 2000-2254
Application No. 08/746,746
We will sustain the examiner’s rejection of claim 12.
The combination of Schellinger and Gillig teaches switching
between a cellular telephone system and a cordless telephone
system for reasons discussed above. Alvesalo teaches that GSM is
a conventional cellular telephone system in Europe, and DECT is a
conventional cordless telephone system in Europe. We agree with
the examiner that it would have been obvious to select between a
GSM system and a DECT system so that the system could be used in
Europe.
We now consider the rejection of claims 7 and 10 based on
the teachings of Schellinger, Gillig and D’Amico. The examiner
cites D’Amico as teaching that it was known to use a lower bit
error rate or frame error rate for selecting the best signal and
to monitor for signals during a period of nominal TDMA inactivity
of a selected one of the telephone systems [answer, pages 7-8].
Appellant simply argues that there is no disclosure in the
applied prior art of the features recited in claims 7 and 10
[brief, page 8-9]. The examiner reiterates that D’Amico teaches
the claimed features [answer, pages 16-17].
We will sustain the examiner’s rejection of claims 7 and
10. D’Amico teaches that it was broadly known to select signals
based on a bit error rate or a frame error rate and to monitor
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