Appeal 2007-0483
Application 10/087,032
INTRODUCTION
The claims are directed to a wireless mobile phone headset. Claim 12
is illustrative:
12. A wireless mobile phone headset comprises
a first earpiece receiver;
a microphone; and
a connector having two plugs respectively coupled to said first
earpiece receiver and said microphone to facilitate (a) removable attachment
of the wireless mobile phone headset to a wireless mobile phone via two
corresponding complementary interfaces of the wireless mobile phone, an
input-output interface and an output interface, where telephony and
non-telephony audio signals are outputted on both interfaces, and (b) transfer
of telephony and non-telephony audio signals from said wireless mobile
phone to said first earpiece receiver via the output interface and the plug
mating with the output interface, and transfer of audio inputs from said
microphone to said wireless mobile phone via the input-output interface and
the plug mating with the input-output interface.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references to show
unpatentability:
Douglas US 2001/0050993 A1 Dec. 13, 2001
Reshefsky US 2003/0022703 A1 Jan. 30, 2003
Choi US 2003/0104842 A1 Jun. 5, 2003
Adams US 6,594,366 B1 Jul. 15, 2003
The rejections as presented by the Examiner are as follows:
1. Claims 12, 13, and 19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C § 103(a) as
unpatentable over Reshefsky and Douglas.
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