Appeal No. 97-2876
Application 08/335,008
In one embodiment of the invention
mirror assembly the telephone is removably
mounted on the mirror by mounting means
including a holster secured to the top of
the mirror and defining a socket for
receipt of the mobile telephone.
In further embodiments of the
invention mirror assembly at least one of
the components of the telephone is built
into the casing of the mirror. (Emphasis
added).
Even more telling, however, are the statements made in the
specification at page 18, lines 10 to 17:
Although the invention has been
illustrated and described in connection
with a portable telephone which is
removably mounted on the mirror, the
invention is also applicable to an
arrangement in which some or all of the
components of the telephone are built into
the mirror as a permanent part of the
mirror assembly. Several arrangements in
which the telephone is built into the
mirror are shown respectively in Figures
24, 25 and 26. (Emphasis added).
To these portions of the specification as filed we add the
original filed claims 16, 17, 23, 27 to 29 and 31 to 35.
These portions at pages 5 and 18 of the written
description as filed, as well as the originally filed claims
just identified, provide an ample basis within 35 U.S.C. §
112, first paragraph, for appellants to have later claimed the
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