Appeal No. 96-3086
Application No. 08/306,906
We find the examiner’s views in this regard to be purely
speculative, lacking even a semblance of evidence, save for
appellants’ own disclosure, as to any suggestion for employing
a test fixture with the cellular mobile telephone system of
Marui. Marui nowhere indicates that there is any desire or
need to test the reliability of the signal strength circuitry.
Since Marui merely causes received signals of insufficient
strength to terminate transmission, there is no suggestion
therein of transmitting a second RF signal containing a
message conveying the digital representation of the value of
the received signal strength measurement for purposes of
testing the sensitivity of an RF transponder, as claimed.
The examiner’s decision rejecting claims 46, 47, 66 and
67 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
REVERSED
ERROL A. KRASS )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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LEE E. BARRETT ) APPEALS
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