Appeal No. 96-3618
Application 08/004,598
The prima facie case has not been rebutted. The
rejection of claim 58 is sustained.
11. Claim 69: § 103(a) over Crane and Hong
Claim 69 adds the limitations that the portable cordless
telephone instrument is held in a cradle where it can be
recharged by a noncontacting charging means. Hong teaches a
contactless recharger for a cordless telephone when the
handset is mounted in the cradle. It would have been obvious
to add the noncontacting recharger of Hong to any cordless
telephone set, such as Crane, to provide more reliable
charging. The combination of Crane and Hong establishes a
prima facie case of obviousness.
Appellant refers to the arguments presented in connection
with claim 68 (3dRBr14). As we noted in the discussion of
claim 68, Appellant merely argues that Crane does not disclose
a cradle (3dRBr8), without addressing the teachings of Crane.
The rejection of claim 68 was sustained.
Appellant argues that "Claim 69 includes a feature by
which: 'to permit a person to use the telephone instrument
for carrying out telephone conversations with cordless base
station as well as with a cellular base station'" (3dRBr14)
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