Appeal No. 2000-0274
Application No. 08/724,568
causing the transmitter to transmit, to the
selective call unit, the plurality of message length
commands, and a predetermined number of interspersed
message fragments corresponding to a portion of the
plurality of messages,
wherein each message length command is transmitted
in a corresponding one of plurality of message fragments,
each message fragment corresponding to a first message
fragment of a corresponding one of the plurality of
messages, and wherein the predetermined number of
interspersed message fragments comprise a subsequent set
of message fragments to complete transmission of the
plurality of messages.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
DeLuca et al. (DeLuca) 5,225,826 Jul. 6, 1993
Hamamoto et al. (Hamamoto) 5,412,719 May 2,
1995
Faris et al. (Faris) 5,488,359 Jan. 30,
1996
Claims 1 through 4, 9, 13, 15, 18 and 20 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the
admitted prior art in view of Hamamoto and Faris.
Claims 5 through 8 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over the admitted prior art in
view of Hamamoto, Faris and DeLuca.
Reference is made to the brief (paper number 15) and the
answer (paper number 16) for the respective positions of the
appellants and the examiner.
5
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007