Appeal No. 2000-1462
Application No. 08/592,427
As admitted by appellants, Chia discloses a cordless
telecommunication system with at least one micro cell network and
one over-riding macro-cell network wherein the microcell network
is provided for communication in regions with higher
communication density and the macrocell network is provided for
communication in regions with lower communication density.
However, the microcell base station constructed as a cell mobile
station of the overriding macrocell network, as recited in claim
1, is not suggested by Chia.
Appellants also argue that Tsuda discloses a relay station
which serves in a unidirectional capacity, transferring data from
one base station to a plurality of terminal stations but not
transferring any data from a terminal station to the overriding
base station. Therefore, appellants argue, there would have been
no suggestion in Tsuda for providing a relay station “as a radio
base station which controls the communication between the
terminal stations, as well as, to constructed [sic] as a mobile
station of the overriding base station via which a bidirectional
communication between a terminal station and the overriding base
station is enabled” [brief-page 15]. We agree.
The examiner contends that appellants’ arguments are based
on non-claimed limitations but we find that claim 1 does require
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