Appeall No. 1998-1398 Page 15
Application No. 08/400,637
automatically generating a three way call as stated
by claims 27 and 29 and the step of automatically
terminating a path of the three way call as stated
by claim [claims, sic] 28 and 30. These steps have
enabling descriptions as supported in the FIGs. 7-1,
7-2 and 6-2 described in response to point 1
hereinabove and as supported in the specification,
for example, at page 14, line 23 - page 18, line 2
....
(Appeal Br. at 11).
As mentioned regarding the written description rejection,
claims 27-30 specify in pertinent part the following
limitations: “automatically generating a three way call ....”
As also aforementioned, claims 28 and 30 further specify in
pertinent part the following limitations: “automatically
terminating a path of the three way call ....”
The examiner fails to show that the specification does
not adequately enable the claimed limitations. Even before
the appellants’ invention, "landline and cellular telephone
companies ... provided ... Three Way Calling." (Spec. at 2.)
Turning to the invention, the specification explains that the
cordless base station can be implemented with "[a]
conventional transmitter 301 and a conventional receiver 303,"
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