Appeal No. 2001-0815 Application 08/803,947 find that Furuno teaches a user generation of a predefined cancellation signal during the delay period to cancel the performance of the off-hook position in response to the cancellation signal during the delay period as claimed by Appellants’ claims. Therefore, we will not sustain the Examiner’s rejection. We now turn to the rejection of claims 1, 4, 5, 8 through 12 and 14 through 21 as being rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Martensson in view of Furuno. Appellants argue that Martensson discloses a conventional compact portable telephone in which the movement of the extended portion from the first position to the second position automatically produces an off-hook condition. Appellants further argue that Furuno is concerned with a time delay to accommodate withdrawal of an earphone 27 at the time a telephone call is being initiated. Appellants argue that it is unclear how Furuno and Martensson can be combined to produce the Appellants’ claimed invention. 9Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007