Ex parte PANTHER et al. - Page 3




                 Appeal No. 1998-1471                                                                                     Page 3                        
                 Application No. 08/108,510                                                                                                             


                                            messages at predetermined times, and means                                                                  
                                            for automatically shutting off the                                                                          
                                            automatically turned on receiver after one                                                                  
                                            of receipt of said wireless messages and                                                                    
                                            determining that no such wireless messages                                                                  
                                            exist.                                                                                                      




                          The references relied on in rejecting the claims follow:                                                                      
                 Murai et al. (Murai)                         5,274,843                                             Dec. 28,                            
                 1993                                                                                                                                   
                                            (effectively filed Nov. 23,                                                                                 
                 1988)                                                                                                                                  
                 Morishima                  3-24825                                      Feb.  1,                                                       
                 1991.2                                                                                                                                 
                 (Japanese Patent Application)                                                                                                          


                          Claims 25 and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                                                                      
                 being unpatentable over Murai in view of Morishima.  Rather                                                                            
                 than repeat the arguments of the appellants or examiner in                                                                             
                 toto, we refer the reader to the briefs and answers for the                                                                            
                 respective details thereof.                                                                                                            




                          2A copy of the translation prepared by the U.S. Patent and                                                                    
                 Trademark Office is attached.  We will refer to the                                                                                    
                 translation by page number in this opinion.                                                                                            







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