Appeal No. 1997-2760
Application No. 08/302,133
entry by the Examiner. Entry of the amendment after final
rejection filed July 5, 1996, concurrently with the Appeal
Brief, was approved by the Examiner.1
The claimed invention relates to a telephone set
including a control panel which is detachable from a base
station. More particularly, the control panel includes an
interactive display panel with a touch screen and a graphic
tablet and further includes an antenna for communicating
cordlessly with the base station. Appellants further indicate
at page 4 of the specification that, in addition to the
cordless communication mode, communication between the base
station and control panel is provided by mounting the control
base to connectors on the base station.
Claim 10 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
10. A telephone set including a base station and a
control [panel] detachable therefrom, characterized in that:
the telephone set comprises means for communication
between the base station and the control panel, operable
independently of the detachment and movement of the control
panel remotely from the base station, and
1This amendment corrected an antecedent basis deficiency
by adding the word “panel” to line 1 of claim 13. A similar,
uncorrected deficiency exists in line 1 of claim 10.
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