Appeal No. 2001-0656
Application No. 08/976,645
by claims 3 and 4. This is clear from column 20, lines 35-67,
and column 21, lines 1-30, of Yamashita. While there is
communication from a secondary, or sub-unit, to the main unit in
Yamashita, the instant claims require the communication to be
between the matched secondary unit that is already in
communication with the main, or primary, unit, and the primary
unit. That communication is a transfer message from that matched
secondary unit to the primary unit for transferring the link to
another secondary unit. The primary unit then transmits a
release request to the matched secondary unit to which the link
has been set up and the primary unit issues a link establishment
request for establishing a link with the other matched secondary
unit. There is no such communication between the primary, or
main, unit in Yamashita and its chief sub-unit because the
“other” sub-unit in Yamashita makes the determination that it
wants to become the new chief sub-unit. The present chief sub-
unit in Yamashita does not transmit a transfer request to the
main unit to transfer the link to the “other” sub-unit.
Accordingly, we will not sustain the rejection of claims 3
and 4 under 35 U.S.C. 103.
-9–
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007