Appeal No. 96-3618
Application 08/004,598
telephone instrument" and the "cordless telephone base
station." Crane has a cellular phone unit which plugs into
one of the slots 215, 217, 219 for a wide-area communication
system (col. 3, lines 29-38), which corresponds to the claimed
"cellular telephone instrument." As shown in figure 1, a
person can communicate from the cordless handset 105 to the
cordless base station in briefcase 101 in the local-area
communications system, from the local-area communications
system to the cellular phone unit within the briefcase 101,
and then to cellular system 115. Crane establishes a prima
facie case of anticipation of claim 67.
Appellant argues that the arrangement of claim 67 is not
described by Crane (3dRBr8), but Appellant fails to address
the teachings of Crane and, so, does not rebut the prima facie
case. Appellant does not argue the separate patentability of
dependent claims 70-72; hence, these claims fall together with
claim 67. The anticipation rejection of claims 67 and 70-72
is sustained.
Claim 68 recites a housing means including a cradle for
holding the portable cordless telephone instrument. The
briefcase 101 in Crane is a housing and includes a
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