Ex parte WESTMAN et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 98-1394                                         Page 3           
          Application No. 08/325,448                                                  


                    that operation of the marker transmitter (10)                     
               during the enabling mode is controlled by the logic                    
               unit (3) based on remotely transmitted control                         
               information obtained from the paging receiver (1)                      
               via the unit (2) for decoding.                                         


               The references relied on in rejecting the claims follow:               
          Rackley                   4,742,357              May   3, 1988              
          Borras                    5,128,938              Jul.  7, 1992              
          (filing Mar.  6,                                                            
          1991)                                                                       
          Wohl et al. (Wohl)        5,247,700              Sep. 21, 1993              
          (filing Nov. 16,                                                            
          1990)                                                                       
          Hatano et al. (Hatano)    5,355,511              Oct. 11, 1994              
          (filing Aug.  7,                                                            
          1991).                                                                      

               Claims 1-13, 15, and 17-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.              
          § 103(a) as obvious over Rackley in view of Wohl and Borras.                
          Claims 6, 14, and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)                
          as obvious over Rackley in view of Wohl and Borras further in               
          view of Hatano.  Rather than repeat the arguments of the                    
          appellants or examiner in toto, we refer the reader to the                  
          brief and answer for the respective details thereof.                        










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