Appeal No. 97-2876
Application 08/335,008
on a telephone conversation in a hand’s free manner once a
call is in progress.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Meyerle et al. (Meyerle) 4,056,696 Nov. 01,
1977
Spear et al. (Spear) 4,706,273 Nov. 10, 1987
Schofield et al. (Schofield) 4,930,742 June 05,
1990
Marui 5,239,586 Aug. 24, 1993
(filed Nov. 20, 1991)
Takagi, et al. (Takagi) 03-85949 Apr. 11,
19892
(Japanese Kokai)
Wu 179989 Mar. 01,
19922
(Chinese patent)
Kudo et al. (Kudo) 04-290044 Oct. 14,
19922
(Japanese Kokai)
As expressed in some manner in both examiner’s answers,
it appears that the examiner has rejected certain claims under
both the enablement and written description portions of 35
U.S.C.
2Our understanding of this reference is based upon a
translation provided by the Scientific and Technical
Information Center of the Patent and Trademark Office. A copy
of the translation is enclosed with this decision.
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