Appeal No. 2004-1561
Application No. 09/631,474
Ishii et al. (Ishii) EP 0 993 207 A2 Apr. 12, 2000
(published European Patent Application)
Claims 45 through 47, 51 through 54, 57 through 60,
69 through 801 and 82 through 87 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Ishii in view of Miya.
Claims 61 through 64 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Ishii in view of Miya and Widjaja.
Reference is made to the brief (paper number 11) and the
answer (paper number 12) for the respective positions of the
appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
and we will sustain the 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of claims
45, 51, 57, 69 through 76, 80 and 82 through 87, and reverse the
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of claims 46, 47, 52 through 54,
58 through 64 and 77 through 79.
Ishii discloses a method and system (Figure 4) for sending
control information between a control unit (i.e., base station
controller 20) and at least one of a plurality of cascaded units
#0 through #2 (i.e., base stations 30 through 32). The base
1 The examiner’s statement of the rejection (answer, page 6)
does not include claims 75, 76 and 79. Since appellant has
listed these claims (brief, page 3), we will do the same.
3
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