Appeal No. 2002-1980
Application 09/264,769
a microphone connected by a wire to the mobile or cellular
telephone for receiving a first voice signal from a user and then
transmitting the first voice signal to the mobile or cellular
telephone;
a transmitter connected to the mobile or cellular telephone
for receiving a second voice signal from the telephone and then
converting the second voice signal into a wireless signal so that
the wireless signal is broadcast by the transmitter, wherein the
transmitter can be an (sic, a) separated unit or a built-in unit
in the mobile or cellular telephone; and
a receiver earphone for picking up the wireless signal from
the transmitter and then converting the wireless signal into a
third voice signal for hearing by the user, wherein the
transmitter and the receiver earphone are coupled in a wireless
manner, and the receiver earphone forms a stand-alone unit that
is not connected to the microphone.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Ham 5,552,708 Sep. 3, 1996
Rydbeck 5,590,417 Dec. 31, 1996
Barkat et al. (Barkat) 5,805,672 Sep. 8, 1998
Core et al. (Core) 5,826,187 Oct. 20, 1998
All claims on appeal, claims 1-40, stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies
upon Rydbeck in view of Ham as to claims 1, 4, 5, 8-11, 13,
22-33 and 35-40 in the first stated rejection, with the addition
of Barkat as to claims 2, 3, 6 and 7. The remaining claims on
appeal, claims 12, 14-21 and 34 are considered obvious by the
examiner in light of Rydbeck in view of Ham, further in view of
Core.
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