Appeal No. 2002-1980
Application 09/264,769
is connected in Figures 2a and 2b to the telephone 100 in
Rydbeck, the microphone is clearly connected by a wire to the
telephone in the manner claimed. The methodology of this
connection is through the contacts 134 in Figure 2c, which is
further detailed in the various portions of Figure 3. Figures 4a
and 4b provide teachings of a wireless connected headset 110
functioning as a receiver earphone as claimed and which performs
its receiver function by the use of the transceiver 207 in Figure
4b or the FM receiver 210 in Figure 4a. The "comprising"
language at the end of the preamble of claim 40 does not exclude
an embodiment of use where the headset 110 is detached from the
telephone 110 and the embodiment of the headset 110 is attached
to the body of the telephone 100 as in Figure 2a.
In summary, we have reversed the rejections of claims 1-39,
but have sustained the rejection of claim 40 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103. Therefore, the decision of the examiner is affirmed-in-
part.
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