Appeal No. 2000-1555
Application No. 08/922,929
configuration for extending between the ear and mouth of a user.”
The claim further requires that the handset be “biased to the
straighter configuration.” Blonder teaches a radio handset
(wrist radiotelephone 2) comprising a flexible portion (top layer
12) as recited in Appellant’s claim 25. Blonder specifically
teaches that the flexible portion is deformable between a curved
configuration (closed position in figures 1 and 2) and a
straighter configuration (open position in figure 3) for
extending between the ear and mouth of a user (col. 1, lines 35-
38, “... the user’s palm containing the speaker is proximate to
the user’s ear and the microphone is proximate to the user’s
mouth.”). Blonder further teaches that the handset is biased to
the straighter configuration (see the discussion of Blonder above
with respect to claim 1). Based on the teachings related to top
layer 12 assuming an “upright” position after it is released and
rotated, Blonder teaches the limitation of “biased to the
straighter configuration.”
As discussed above, Blonder teaches all the limitations of
independent claim 25. Accordingly, claim 25 is rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102 as anticipated by Blonder.
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