Appeal 2007-1415
Application 09/795,704
Appellants appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Examiner’s
rejection of claims 1, 4, 7, 10, 18, 20, 33, 34, and 36.1 Claims 2, 3, 8, 9, 11-
17, 19, 21-23, 25, 35, 37, and 38 have been indicated as containing
allowable subject matter (Answer 2) and claims 24, 26-32, and 39 have been
cancelled. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b). We affirm.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Appellants invented a mobile station communications system for
supporting packet data and circuit mode services in a cellular telephone
handset. Specifically, the system includes an interoperability entity that is
coupled to a packet stack, a circuit stack, and a router and operating mode
switch for communication therebetween.2 Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A mobile station supporting packet and circuit modes of operation,
comprising:
an RF transceiver;
a router and operating mode switch coupled to the RF transceiver; a
packet stack coupled to the RF transceiver;
a circuit stack coupled to the router and operating mode switch,
the circuit stack coupled to the RF transceiver, the circuit stack
coupled to the packet stack;
1 Appellants did not appeal the Examiner’s rejection of claims 5 and 6. See
Br. 4 (appealing only the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 4, 7, 10, 18, 20,
33, 34, and 36). Accordingly, the rejection of claims 5 and 6 is not before
us.
2 See generally Specification 1:10-15 and 3:22-27.
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