Appeal No. 2005-1637
Application No. 09/749,713
between cellular and cordless modes. As also pointed out by
Appellant (Brief, page 13), the Bell reference, in contrast to the
claimed invention in which information exchange between a
telecommunications device and two modes or systems operates in
accordance with “a fixed time division multiple access” system, the
information exchange involving the two transmission modes in Bell
takes place in a random, event-driven fashion. For example, the
illustrations in Figures 3-5 of Bell indicate that the transfer of
communication between transmission modes, rather than occurring in
fixed time slots, takes place when certain random events occur such
as failure in one mode due to dropped calls or upon user-initiated
transfer (e.g., cheaper service available).
In view of the above discussion, since all of the claim
limitations are not present in the disclosure of Bell, we do not
sustain the Examiner’s 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) rejection of independent
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