Appeal No. 2003-0660
Application No. 09/791,259
a circuit for adjusting the TX and RX timing of said
primary/secondary station in accordance with said synchronization
information, whereby the timing of said primary/secondary station
is synchronized to said first communication station; and
a transmitter for transmitting synchronization information
to said second communication station, wherein said second
communication station includes a circuit for adjusting the TX and
RX timing of said second communication station in accordance with
said synchronization information, whereby the timing of said
second communication station is synchronized to said
primary/secondary communication station.
The following reference is relied on by the Examiner:
Schlosser et al. (Schlosser) 3,897,581 Apr. 22, 1975
Claims 1-5 and 7-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Schlosser.
Claims 6 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Schlosser.
Rather than reiterate the viewpoints of the Examiner and
Appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make
reference to the answer (Paper No. 13, mailed October 8, 2002)
for the Examiner’s reasoning, and to the brief (Paper No. 12,
filed May 31, 2002) for Appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In rejecting claims 1-5 and 7-13 under 35 U.S.C. § 102, the
Examiner equates the repeater in spacecraft 100 of Schlosser
with the claimed primary/secondary station (answer, page 3). The
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