Appeal No. 2001-0815
Application 08/803,947
The invention relates to a compact radio handset. See
page 1 of Appellants’ specification. Appellants point out that
the problem in the prior art is that the handset can only be used
for making or answering a call when the cover is in its extended
position. Appellants point out that the prior art handsets
operate in such a manner that the action of closing the sleeve
terminates a call, regardless of whether it is an incoming or
outgoing call. See page 2 of Appellants’ specification.
Appellants point out that one desired option for a radio
telephone is that moving the extended portion from the closed
position serves to answer an incoming call. Often, extending the
phone will be an automatic or reflex response, and it is this
action which automatically answers a call that the user may
rather have left unanswered. Appellants’ invention corrects this
problem by providing a means by which an additional operation
performed by the user in a predetermined delay period can cancel
the function initiated by the movement of the extending portion.
See page 3 of Appellants’ specification.
Independent claim 1, present in the application, is
reproduced as follows:
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