Ex Parte BRITT et al - Page 5




          Appeal No. 2001-0654                                                        
          Application 08/910,315                                                      


          providing a signal that includes said predefined personal                   
          identity information unique to the person using said transmitter            
          and . . . a transmission element receiving said signal from said            
          signal processing element and, in response thereto, transmitting            
          a cellular signal that includes said predefined identity                    
          information unique to the person using said transmitter”.                   
          Appellants’ only other independent claim 8 recites “[a] method              
          for communicating information over a cellular system via a                  
          transmitter, comprising: storing predefined personal identity               
          information unique to the person using said transmitter for                 
          communication to a receiving station over the cellular system,              
          the predefined personal identity information being exclusive of             
          any transmitter identifying number and exclusive of the                     
          transmitter’s location; . . . providing a signal that includes              
          said predefined personal identity information unique to the                 
          person using said transmitter . . . establishing communication              
          with a receiving party over the cellular system and initiating              
          transmission of said signal thereto that includes said predefined           
          personal identity information and said current location.”                   
               In regards to claims 1 and 8, the Examiner agrees that                 
          Hillis does not teach personal identity information being                   
          exclusive of any identifying number associated with the                     
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