Ex Parte IRVIN et al - Page 3



          Appeal No. 2000-0672                                                        
          Application 08/838,027                                                      

                                 Rejections at Issue                                  
               Claims 1-26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102/103                   
          allowed.  Rather than repeat the arguments of the Appellants or             
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          the Examiner, we make reference to the briefs1 and the answer               
          for the details thereof.                                                    
                                       OPINION                                        
               After a careful review of the record before us, we do not              
          agree with the Examiner that claims 1 through 26 are properly               
          rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 or alternatively, under 35 U.S.C.            
          § 103.  Thus, we will reverse the rejection of these claims for             
          the reasons set forth infra.                                                
               Appellants argue that Drebinger does not teach every element           
          of the claimed invention.  Specifically, Appellants argue that              
          rather than storing signal delay associated with one or more                
          receiver stages of the corresponding positioning radio receivers,           



               1Appellants filed an appeal brief on June 11, 1999.  We will           
          refer to this appeal brief as simply the Brief.  Appellants filed           
          a Reply Brief on August 11, 1999.  We will refer to this reply              
          brief as Reply Brief.                                                       
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               2The Examiner responded to the brief with an Examiner’s                
          answer dated June 24, 1999.  We will refer to the Examiner’s                
          answer as simply the Answer.                                                
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