Appeal No. 96-3618
Application 08/004,598
into an [sic] portable cordless entity operable to function as
a cordless base station for the cordless-cellular telephone."
It is noted that claim 27 only requires the base station to be
"cordless" in the sense of having no attached power cord,
there are no limitations that would require it to be cordless
in the sense of having no hardwire connection to a telephone
line.
Stoodley discloses that a cordless telephone base unit
has a power supply and "[t]he power supply may be arranged to
draw power from a utility outlet, and may optionally be
provided with a battery backup" (col. 7, lines 30-32).
Manifestly, with a battery backup, the base unit can be
operated without a cord. We agree with the Examiner that it
would have been obvious to provide a battery in the base
station of Gillig "in order to provide power to the base
station in the event of a [sic] electrical outage of the power
company" (EA12) and also because a battery would allow the
base station to be moved around without the restriction of a
cord. We do not find where Appellant traversed this rejection
of claim 27. The rejection of claim 27 is sustained.
15. Claims 30, 46, and 61: § 103(a) over Gillig and Yorita
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