Appeal No. 96-3618
Application 08/004,598
teaches that the cellular cordless telephone may be a mobile
unit installed in a vehicle (col. 2, line 41). The
arrangement of Duffy permits communication between the
wireless telephone unit and a person in hardwired connection
with the public telephone system without a hardwired telephone
line. Appellant has not argued the separate patentability of
claim 47, but relies on the argued patentability of claim 46
(3dRBr12). The rejection of claim 47 is sustained.
10. Claim 58: § 103(a) over Hong and Kinoshita or Gillig
Kinoshita teaches a portable wireless telephone set 20
which carries out communication between an urban public
cellular radio telephone system or a private radio telephone
system, but does not teach inductive battery charging. Gillig
teaches a portable cellular cordless telephone, but does not
teach inductive battery charging. Hong teaches that cordless
telephones use a rechargeable battery which is normally
recharged by mechanically contacting a voltage output end of a
charger with a charging end of the handset (e.g., col. 1,
lines 25-39). This is said to have problems because the
mechanical contacts may oxidize or become contaminated with
alien substances (e.g., col. 1, lines 40-46). Hong provides
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