Appeal No. 2003-0660
Application No. 09/791,259
Examiner further characterizes the transmission of the timing
information between the repeater and data terminals 110 of
Schlosser as the claimed transmitting and receiving the
synchronization information to and from the first communication
station by the primary/secondary station (id.).
Appellants argue that the repeater in the spacecraft of
Schlosser does not adjust its transmit and receive timing to the
data terminals and, in fact, it is the timing of the data
terminals which is adjusted to that of the spacecraft (brief,
page 7). Appellants further argue that the repeater in the
spacecraft of Schlosser acts like a base station whereas the
claimed primary/secondary station, as a repeater, synchronizes
its timing to the first station which acts as a base station
(brief, page 8). Appellants also point out that the claimed
second station, as a subscriber unit, synchronizes its timing to
the repeater station or the primary/secondary station (id.).
In response to Appellants’ arguments, the Examiner asserts
that the spacecraft of Schlosser transmits an initial
synchronization process to the data terminals and, in response to
a “synch. Signal” from the data terminals, will further perform a
fine synchronization for the data terminals (answer, page 5).
The Examiner concludes that the transmission of coarse and fine
synchronization between the spacecraft and data terminals shows
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