Appeal No. 2001-1644
Application No. 08/951,149
BACKGROUND
The invention is directed to a radiotelephone handset having a light guide or
indicator which is viewable from multiple orientations. Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A communication device having housing elements which are movable
between a closed position and an opened position, said communication device
comprising:
a first housing portion having a hinge element and a front portion spaced
from the hinge element; and
a light guide positioned on the hinge element to be viewable from the front
portion when said housing elements are moved between said closed position
and said opened position.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Motorola Product Brochure TR-304 EN (Roadmap), Roadmap: The ETACS StarTAC
Wearable Phone, pp. 1-16, May 1996.
Claims 1-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Roadmap.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 9) and the Examiner's Answer (Paper
No. 16) for a statement of the examiner's position and to the Brief (Paper No. 15) for
appellants’ position with respect to the claims which stand rejected.
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