Appeal No. 1999-1516
Application 08/263,835
wherein the satellite in geostationary orbit provides radio communication service to
at least one of the subscriber terminals during a period that said subscriber terminal
cannot access the at least one satellite in non-geostationary orbit.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Grant et al. (Grant) 5,119,225 June 2, 1992
Weinberg 5,589,834 Dec. 31, 1996
(filing date Apr. 22, 1994)
Rouffet et al. (Rouffet) 5,625,867 Apr. 29, 1997
(filing date Sept. 30, 1992)
Ballard, "Rosette Constellations of Earth Satellites," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and
Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-16, No. 5, pp. 656-673 (Sept. 1980).
Claims 1-8, 15 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103. As evidence of
obviousness, the examiner relies upon Rouffet in view Grant as to claim 16. To this
combination the examiner adds Weinberg as to claims 1-3, 5, 6 and 15, with the further
addition of Ballard as to claims 4, 7 and 8.1
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellant and the examiner, reference is
made to the brief and the answer for the details thereof.
1The examiner’s concerns raised under 37 CFR §1.75(c) as to claim 5 are
petitionable and not appealable.
2
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