Appeal No. 1998-2868
Application No. 08/635,986
1. A portable communicator for use with a personal
security system; said communicator comprising:
a transmitter for transmitting wireless signals
identifying said communicator to said system;
a manually operated actuator initiating said transmission
of said identifying signals; and,
a control responsive to said manual initiation and
automatically transmitting said identifying signals repeatedly
over a predetermined time interval exceeding five minutes,
said control automatically discontinuing said automatic
transmissions at the end of said predetermined time interval.
The reference relied on by the examiner is1:
Akerberg 4,347,501 Aug. 31,
1982
Claims 1, 2, 7 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Akerberg.
Reference is made to the brief (paper number 11) and the
answer (paper number 12) for the respective positions of the
appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
1 Although U.S. Patent No. 5,363,425 to Mufti et al. is
listed in the prior art of record (Answer, page 3), the
examiner did not include this reference in the rejection of
record (Answer, pages 3 through 5).
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