Appeal No. 1997-1378
Application No. 08/065,328
mobile station to a search operating mode wherein beacon
messages received from any of the base stations are monitored;
selecting one of the base stations which provide an
acceptable communications quality value for monitored beacon
messages; and
changing the operating mode of the mobile station to the
normal operating mode wherein beacon messages from the slected
[sic., selected] base station only are monitored.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Imaseki 3,913,017 Oct. 14,
1975
Furuya 5,101,503 Mar. 31,
1992
Natarajan 5,212,806
May 18, 1993
(Filed Oct. 29, 1990)
Stengel (published PCT WO 92/14309 Aug. 20,
1992
International Application)
Claims 1-19 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
As evidence of obviousness, the Examiner offers Natarajan in
view of Imaseki with respect to claims 1-3, 9-13, and 19,
adding Furuya to the basic combination with respect to claims
4, 5, 14, and 15, and adding Stengel to the basic combination
with respect to claims 6-8 and 16-18.
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