Appeal No. 96-3618
Application 08/004,598
Gillig teaches a portable cellular cordless telephone.
The cordless base station 180 or the community cordless base
station 188 correspond to the claimed "first wireless
telephone base-station" of claim 30, the "cordless
base-station" of claim 46, and the "first wireless
base-station" of claim 61. The cellular base station 190
corresponds to the claimed "second wireless telephone
base-station" of claim 30, the "cellular base-station" of
claim 46, and the "second wireless base-station" of claim 61.
The cellular cordless telephone 10 corresponds to the
"portable wireless telephone instrument" of claims 30, 46,
and 61. Gillig can effectuate connections between the
cordless base station, the cellular base station, or both at
the same time (col. 3, lines 35-37). The TELCO in Gillig is
known to be connected to many other telephone sets, one of
which is the "first telephone instrument" of claim 61. Since
the cordless connection has a very limited range (maybe 100
feet) and the cellular connection has a much greater range (on
the order of miles), it would have been apparent to one of
ordinary skill in the art that the cellular base station has a
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