Appeal No. 2002-0076 Page 8
Application No. 09/144,842
Ford's shower speaker telephone system 10 further "comprises a portable
cordless shower speaker telephone 12 providing a light weight waterproof
handset 14. . . ." Col. 4, ll. 25-27. The portable handset is "a hands-free
speakerphone. . . ." Abs., l. 1. We find that the portable handset, which can be used
remotely from the base unit, includes a microphone, viz., "an amplified microphone 76."
Col. 5, l. 24.
Additions of Ford
The examiner finds, "Ford discloses a cordless telephone including a
speakerphone coupled to a network comprising a base unit (150) having a connection
to the telephone line (reads on network connection) of a user's home, office, etc., . . .
and telephone circuitry (164) including a transmitting and receiving circuitry." (Final
Rejection at 2.) The appellant argues, "[t]he telephone circuitry 164 of Ford includes
both transmitting circuitry and receiving circuitry. Ford fails to disclose any
modifications to this circuitry whereby the transmitting circuitry does not operate. Thus,
Ford requires an additional element which the invention of claim 1 does not." (Appeal
Br. at 9.) He further argues, "[l]ikewise, the invention of claim 1 does not require echo
cancelers, which would be required by Ford. . . ." (Id.)
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