Appeal No. 2001-2291 Page 2
Application No. 08/743,049
Representative claims 1 and 14 are reproduced as follows:
1. An integrated device for use with a repeater front-end, the
device comprising:
a first PHY having first receive channels for receiving data
from the repeater front-end, first transmit channels for
transmitting data to the repeater front-end and first control
channels for transmitting and receiving control signals from the
repeater front-end; and
a second PHY, integrated into a semiconductor device with
said first PHY, having second receive channels coupled to said
first receive channels for receiving data from the repeater
front-end, second transmit channels coupled to said first
transmit channels for transmitting data to the repeater front-
end, and second control channels independent from said first
control channels for receiving and transmitting control signals
from the repeater front-end.
14. A PHY device comprising:
transmit channels for transmitting data to a repeater;
receive channels for receiving data from said repeater;
control channels for transmitting and receiving control signals
from said repeater;
input channels for receiving data to be transmitted to said
repeater;
output channels for transmitting data received from said
repeater; and
a carrier integrity monitor for monitoring the activity on said
input channels.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Liu et al. (Liu) 5,754,540 May 19, 1998
(filed July 18, 1995)
Claims 1 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). As
evidence of obviousness the examiner offers Liu taken alone.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the
examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for the
respective details thereof.
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