Appeal No. 1997-2246
Application 08/353,572
recite: “each of the transmitters transmitting the same
messages at different times (emphasis added),” the
specification on page five states the following:
All of the messages being sent to the individually
addressable paging receivers 10 are broadcast on
each of the transmitters 15A, 15B and 15C. Thus,
each message is broadcast from three different
transmitters. While each of the three stations
broadcasts the same set of messages, the
transmissions are offset in time thereby providing
the system with time diversity. (Emphasis added)
It is not consistent with the specification to regard
appellants’ claim 2 as requiring only that some but not all
messages transmitted by the plurality of transmitters are the
same. The examiner has not pointed to any portion of the
specification which would reasonably permit the broader
reading of the claim language. In the context of the
appellants’ invention, then, the transmitters must only
transmit the same messages. A broader interpretation has not
been justified by the examiner, in light of the appellants’
specification.
Because the transmitters in the different zones of
Schwendeman transmit their own local messages, which are
different, as well as any messages to be commonly transmitted
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