Appeal No. 96-3618
Application 08/004,598
The Examiner considers the terms "under certain
circumstances" and "appropriate" in claim 58 to be relative
terms which render the claim indefinite (2dSEA27). We
disagree. The term "under certain circumstances" qualifies
that the charging current is not always supplied to the
battery (e.g., when the handset is not in the base station
cradle), but that it must be capable of doing so. The term
"appropriate" merely qualifies that the control actions must
be of the right type to effectuate the claimed telephonic
connection. This indefiniteness ground of rejection of
claim 58 is reversed.
The Examiner considers the phrase "such manner as" in
claim 67 to render the claim indefinite because it is unclear
whether the limitations following the phrase are part of the
claimed invention (2dSEA27). We disagree. The phrase
indicates that the arrangement is operable in the way that
follows the phrase. This indefiniteness ground of rejection
of claim 67 and its dependent claims 68-72 is reversed.
2. Claim 9: § 102(e) over Hong
Claim 9 is directed to a conventional cordless telephone
having contactless power transfer to the handset battery when
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