Appeal No. 2001-0906
Application No. 08/597,073
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
1. A method for estimating a position of a terminal in a radiocommunication system using
an array to illuminate areas with spot beams, comprising the steps of:
measuring a received power associated with each of a plurality of said spot beams;
determining relative powers associated with said received power by comparing said
measured, received powers with a reference power; and
estimating said position of said terminal using said relative powers and a model of spot beam
shape.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Hutcheson et al. (Hutcheson) 5,551,058 Aug. 27, 1996
(filed Oct. 31, 1994)
Hutcheson et al. (Hutcheson) 5,551,059 Aug. 27, 1996
(filed Oct. 31, 1994)
Olds et al. (Olds) 5,905,443 May 18, 1999
(effective filing date Oct. 2, 1995)
Claims 1 through 7, 11, 12, 16 through 19, 21 through 23 and 27 through 29 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Hutcheson ‘058 in view of Olds.
Claims 9, 10, 14 and 24 through 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Hutcheson ‘058 in view of Olds and Hutcheson ‘059.
Reference is made to the supplemental brief (paper number 21) and the answer (paper
number 23) for the respective positions of the appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
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