Appeal No. 1999-1515
Application No. 08/451,719
establishing a second communication link between
said mobile terminal and a second base station;
evaluating at least one characteristic of said
second communication link at said mobile terminal;
in response to said evaluating step, said mobile
terminal initiating the establishment of a second
two-way call, which is a duplicate of said first
two-way call, over said second communication link
while said first two-way call exists; and
performing a hand-off by simultaneously
switching said two-way signals from said first
communication link to said second communication link
under control of said mobile terminal.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Goeken et al. (Goeken ‘766) 4,419,766 Dec. 06,
1983
Goeken (Goeken ‘303) 5,249,303 Sep. 28,
1993
(filed Apr. 23, 1991)
Patsiokas et al. (Patsiokas) 5,392,331 Feb.
21,
1995
(effectively filed Aug. 25,
1992)
Claims 18-27 and 30-44 stand finally rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Goeken ‘766 in view
of Goeken ‘303 and Patsiokas.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the
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