Appeal No. 1998-1491 Page 15
Application No. 08/654,502
examiner impermissibly relies on the appellants’ teachings or
suggestions. He fails to establish a prima facie case of
obviousness. Therefore, we reverse the rejection of claims
30-57 over Kinoshita in view of Martiny. We next address the
rejections over Kinoshita in view of Bhagat, Kinoshita in view
of Sasaki, or Kinoshita in view of Nonami.
Rejections over Kinoshita in view of Bhagat, Sasaki, or Nonami
Although Bhagat, Sasaki, or Nonami each teach separate
communication circuits contained in separate housings, the
examiner fails to identify a sufficient suggestion to combine
any of the secondary references with Kinoshita.
Here, the teachings of Kinoshita reveal that the
circuitry of its portable telephone set operates as an
integral unit to transmit and receive data in a private radio
telephone system and in a public cellular radio telephone
system. Col. 5, l. 48 - col. 6, l. 16. As explained in
addressing the rejections relying on Dinkins as the primary
reference, the examiner's conclusion that “it would have been
obvious ... to incorporate ... the communication circuit
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