Appeal No. 1997-1236
Application No. 08/212,385
one or more secondary supporting sites; and
optical RF link systems linking the secondary supporting sites
to the master supporting site; wherein the secondary
supporting sites comprise means for transmitting or receiving
navigation RF signals; wherein the optical RF link systems
comprise: (a) means for receiving navigation RF signals from
one end; (b) means for up-converting the navigation RF signals
to an optical signal;(c) means for transiting the optical
signal from one end to a second end; (d) means for down-
converting the optical signal at the second end to a
navigation RF signal; and (e) means for transiting the
navigation RF signals between the secondary supporting sites
and the master supporting site.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Li 5,294,930 Mar. 15, 1994
Keolian et al. (Keolian) 5,313,266 May 17, 1994
(filed Aug. 17,
1992)
Kiasaleh 5,319,438 June 07, 1994
(filed Jan. 24,
1992)
Claims 1-20 stand rejected under the judicially
created doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting as being
unpatentable over claims 1-20 of U. S. Patent No. 5,294,930
issued to appellant Li. Claims 1-20 also stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness the examiner
offers Keolian in view of Kiasaleh.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellant or the
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