Appeal No. 2001-1563
Application No. 09/151,580
in Raith for any of the means recited in parts (b) through (d) of
claim 16. In particular appellants assert that the examiner has
failed to point to any structure in Raith that corresponds to the
claimed means for establishing and requesting a sleep value,
means for communicating in the second communication system, and
means for exiting the sleep mode and resuming communications in
the first communication system. However, appellants have not
pointed to any corresponding structure in the specification for
any of the three means. Accordingly, we will interpret the means
of claim 16 as encompassing any structure that will perform the
recited functions.
Raith clearly teaches a means for registering the subscriber
station in two communication systems, as Raith discloses (column
12, lines 16-18) that the mobile station has registered in both
D-AMPS and PDCH modes of operation. Further, Raith (column 12,
lines 25-28) teaches setting an active timer, and the mobile
station entering a passive mode (or sleep mode) at the expiration
of the active timer. The active timer and its associated time
period satisfy the claimed means for establishing a sleep value
which defines a time period after which the subscriber station
enters a sleep mode in the PDCH system. As shown in Figure 6(b)
and described at column 12, lines 28-36, while the mobile station
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