Appeal No. 1997-2774
Application No. 08/080,471
Onoe et al. (Onoe) 5,151,693 Sep. 29,
1992
Tanaka 5,382,943 Jan. 17,
1995
John D. Spragins et al., "Telecommunications: Protocols and
Design", Addison-Wesley Publishing Company (1991), pp. 226-9.
(Spragins)
The Radio Amateur's Handbook, 49th Edition, by the
Headquarters Staff of the American Radio Relay League (1972),
p. 635. (Handbook)
Claims 28, 30, 33, and 37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph, as being single means claims that are
non-enabled by the disclosure.
Claims 1 through 14, 16 through 22, 24 through 34, and 36
through 44 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner
applies Beaulier and Coutta as to claims 4 and 5 and Tanaka
alone as to claims 2, 6, 9, 43, and 44. For the remaining
claims, the examiner applies Tanaka in combination with:
Yoshida as to claims 1, 8, 27, and 28, Barber as to claims 3,
10, 29, 30, 36, and 37, Keesen as to claim 7, Onoe as to claim
11, Onoe and Spragins as to claim 12, Onoe and Handbook as to
claim 13, Coutta as to claims 14, 16, and 34, Coutta and
Barber as to claims 17 and 31 through 33, Coutta and Beaulier
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