Appeal No. 1998-2864
Application No. 08/338,235
references appear in any statement of rejection against the
instant claims. Accordingly, we have not considered these
references in our decision infra.
Reference is made to the briefs and answers for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
Turning, first, to the rejection of claims 1, 2, 4, 7, 8,
14, 17 and 19 under 35 U.S.C. 103 over Kobayashi, it is the
examiner’s position, with regard to independent claim 1, that
Kobayashi discloses the claimed display device at 31, the claimed
keypad at 32 and the claimed processor at 28. The examiner
recognizes that Kobayashi does not teach or suggest the claimed
radio but contends that the inclusion of the claimed radio would
have been obvious, within the meaning of 35 U.S.C. 103, “since
wireless system [sic] is well-known and widely preferred nowadays
for its advantages of convenience and wiring reduction”
[principal answer-page 5].
Appellant does not argue any error in the examiner’s
correspondence of elements between Kobayashi and the instant
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