Ex Parte LEWIS et al - Page 3



          Appeal No. 2002-1326                                                        
          Application 09/152,759                                                      

               linking said primary time interval and said adjacent                   
          secondary time interval within said single dedicated radio                  
          frequency channel to permit the sequent processing of said voice            
          and non-voice data as a single transmitted unit over said single            
          dedicated radio frequency channel.                                          
          The examiner relies on the following references:                            
          Merakos et al. (Merakos)      5,521,925          May  28, 1996              
          Dent et al. (Dent)            5,896,375          Apr. 20, 1999              
          (filed July 23, 1996)                                                       
          Claims 1-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).  As                    
          evidence of obviousness the examiner offers Merakos in view of              
          Dent.                                                                       
          Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the                       
          examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for the             
          respective details thereof.                                                 
          OPINION                                                                     
          We have carefully considered the subject matter on                          
          appeal, the rejection advanced by the examiner and the evidence             
          of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support for the               
          rejection.  We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into                      
          consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellants’                    
          arguments set forth in the brief along with the examiner’s                  
          rationale in support of the rejection and arguments in rebuttal             
          set forth in the examiner’s answer.                                         

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