Ex parte KOMODA - Page 3




                     Appeal No. 1998-0493                                                                                                                                              
                     Application 08/364,000                                                                                                                                            


                     voltage of said power source;                                                                                                                                     
                                           decision means for determining whether the voltage                                                                                          
                     measured by said voltage measuring means is lower than a                                                                                                          
                     predetermined voltage;                                                                                                                                            



                                           a radio section for transmitting signals to and                                                                                             
                     receiving signals from a fixed telephone network and other                                                                                                        
                     radio telephone apparatuses, via a base station, connected to                                                                                                     
                     said radio telephone apparatuses, occupying a channel of                                                                                                          
                     communication;                                                                                                                                                    
                                           control means for controlling said radio section,                                                                                           
                     said control means comprising time counting means started in                                                                                                      
                     response to an output of said decision means for counting a                                                                                                       
                     predetermined period of time, and conversation ending means                                                                                                       
                     responsive to an output of said time counting means for                                                                                                           
                     executing a conversation ending procedure when a conversation                                                                                                     
                     is under way, to signal said base station to release said                                                                                                         
                     channel of communication.                                                                                                                                         
                                           The Examiner relies on the following references:                                                                                            
                     Sato et al.                                4,933,963                                                        Jun. 12, 1990                                         
                                                                                                (filed Nov. 23, 1988)                                                                  
                     Hewitt                                     5,095,308                                                        Mar. 10, 1992                                         
                     (filed Jan.  9, 1990)                                                                                                                                             
                     Saito                           EP 0 280 501                                                                Aug. 31, 1988                                         
                     Kerr, Cellular Telephone Technology and Practice, George                                                                                                          
                     Washington University CEEP course, 1986, 1994, page 4-16.1                                                                                                        


                                1 Kerr and Lee did not appear in the final rejection.  The                                                                                             
                     Examiner has introduced them for the sole purpose of                                                                                                              

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