Appeal No. 2002-1194
Application No. 08/534,808
(g) adjusting synchronization to position said value of
zero in its proper orientation within said multiple bit messages
based on the first remaining value of zero; and
(h) receiving an up-link message indicating synchronization
has been achieved using a continuous wave tone.
The Examiner relies on the following reference in rejecting
the claims:
“British Post Office standard” document (POCSAG), 1979.
Claims 1, 2, 4-14, 16, 17 and 25-32 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over POCSAG.
We make reference to the answer (Paper No. 24, mailed
October 20, 2000) for the Examiner’s reasoning, and to the appeal
brief (Paper No. 23, filed August 18, 2000) for Appellants’
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
The Examiner relies on section 3.3.1 of POCSAG for showing a
“zero” in the bit position 32 of the synch codeword and asserts
that “the signal needs to be resynched if the synch codeword does
not match what is expected” or a “zero” is not in position 32
(answer, page 4). The Examiner further argues that shifting “the
location of the zero bits in the synch bit to fit the claimed
positions” is well known and its implementation would have been
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