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 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007