Appeal No. 1997-3060
Application No. 08/181,833
figure because the two wires running to the antenna constitute
the “pair of signal conductors” and then the antenna provides
for a “wireless signal transmission path,” the claim language 1
requires the signal conveying means to be on the right side of
Bendixen’s figure since the connection must be via the “second
input/output ports.” However, while the connections to the
local units may constitute pairs of signal conductors, we find
no indication in Bendixen that there is also a wireless signal
transmission path at this location.
Independent claims 12, 27 and 31 contain similar
language. Claim 12 requires that the equipment in the
buildings be connected “via a wireless signal transmission
path, with one of the second input/output ports,...” Claims
27 and 31 require a connection with “one of the first
input/output ports” [emphasis ours] but Bendixen only appears
to disclose a single first input/output port.
Since Powell (relied on in rejecting claims 8 through 11)
does not provide for the deficiencies noted supra with regard
1The claim does not require the pair of signal conductors
and the wireless signal transmission path to be in parallel.
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