Appeal No. 2001-1212
Application No. 08/777,986
component, the examiner asserts (Answer, page 4) that it would
have been obvious for the mobile test set to test the added
repeater as well as the base station. Appellant contends (Brief,
page 6) that "combining the mobile test set of Szabo with a
repeater station, which by its nature is stationary, would
destroy the mobility of the test set. Without mobility, the test
set is unable to test the operation of a base station at
different locations within the network." Further, appellant
questions (Brief, page 7), "How can a test set be integrated with
a stationary repeater and not loose [sic] its mobility?"
We do not find appellant's argument to be persuasive. The
examiner proposes modifying the mobile radio system to include a
repeater to expand the coverage area of the system, not to
integrate the repeater with the test set. Further, the claims
merely require "operatively connecting" the control interface and
the repeater, not directly connecting them. Thus, if, in
accordance with the examiner's combination, Szabo's mobile radio
system were modified to include a repeater, and Szabo's first
interface were set to exchange test signals between the mobile
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