Appeal No. 2004-1613
Application No. 09/686,024
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for controlling communication services, said
communication services including a base station transmitting
messages to, and receiving messages from, at least one mobile
station, the method comprising by steps of:
transmitting from the base station to the at least one
mobile station a message identifying which mobile stations
are restricted to using a constrained protocol representing
something less than the most recent revision, the
constrained protocol being an earlier protocol revision or a
subset of the most recent protocol revision; and
providing communication services to the one or more
mobile stations identified in the message subject to the
constrained protocol.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references:
U.S. Patent Application Publication
Criss et al. (Criss) 2001/0029178 A1 Oct. 11, 2001
(filed Aug. 7, 1996)
U.S. Patent
Müller 6,438,375 Aug. 20, 2002
(filed Mar. 4, 1999)
Claims 1, 3, 7, 9 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Müller and Criss.
We make reference to the answer (Paper No. 12, mailed
February 27, 2004) for the Examiner’s complete reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to the brief2 (Paper No. 11, filed
January 8, 2004) for Appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
2 The unnumbered pages of the brief are numbered 1-11 for accurate
reference to Appellants’ arguments.
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