Appeal No. 1998-2936
Application No. 08/665,590
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a cordless telephone arrangement using a two
step process in order to complete a call. An understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claim 16, which is reproduced below.
16. In a communication system comprising a wireless telephone and a base
station capable of bidirectional wireless communications with said wireless
telephone; a method for placing a telephone call comprising steps of:
in response to an input from a user of a wireless telephone,
initiating the placement of a telephone call in accordance with
signaling information exchanged between said telephone and
said base station; and
completing the placement of the telephone call after the base
station receives audio voice information transmitted from said
wireless telephone to said base station, the audio voice
information including an identification of a telephone number to
be called.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Burke et al. (Burke) 4,677,656 Jun. 30, 1987
Gerson et al. (Gerson) 4,870,686 Sep. 26, 1989
Reed et al. (Reed) 5,371,901 Dec. 06, 1994
(Eff. filing date Jul. 08, 1991)
Claims 16 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Burke in view of Gerson. Claims 18-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Burke and Gerson in view of Reed.
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