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`14/167,665
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`01/29/2014
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`Hirofumi KANAI
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`734356.425C1
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`8790
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`Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC
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`VIANA D1 FRISCO, GERMAN
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`2642
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`ELECTRONIC
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`1.
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`This Office action is in response to Applicant’s amendment filed on 8/21/2015.
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`Claims 1-7, and 9-16 are now pending. This action is made FINAL.
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`Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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`2.
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`The present application is being examined under the pre-AIA first to invent
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`provisions.
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`35 USC § 1 12 - sixth paragraph
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(f):
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`(f) Element in Claim for a Combination. — An element in a claim for a combination may be
`expressed as a means or step for performing a specified function without the recital of
`structure, material, or acts in support thereof, and such claim shall be construed to cover the
`corresponding structure, material, or acts described in the specification and equivalents
`thereof.
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`The following is a quotation of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph:
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`An element in a claim for a combination may be expressed as a means or step for performing
`a specified function without the recital of structure, material, or acts in support thereof, and
`such claim shall be construed to cover the corresponding structure, material, or acts
`described in the specification and equivalents thereof.
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`Use of the word “means” (or “step for”) in a claim with functional language
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`creates a rebuttable presumption that the claim element is to be treated in accordance
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`with 35 U.S.C. 112(f) (pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph). The presumption that
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`35 U.S.C. 112(f) (pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph) is invoked is rebutted when
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`the function is recited with sufficient structure, material, or acts within the claim itself to
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`entirely perform the recited function.
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`Absence of the word “means” (or “step for”) in a claim creates a rebuttable
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`presumption that the claim element is not to be treated in accordance with 35 U.S.C.
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`112(f) (pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph). The presumption that 35 U.S.C. 112(f)
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`(pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph) is not invoked is rebutted when the claim
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`element recites function but fails to recite sufficiently definite structure, material or acts
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`to perform that function.
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`Claim elements in this application that use the word “means” (or “step for”) are
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`presumed to invoke 35 U.S.C. 112(f) except as otherwise indicated in an Office action.
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`Similarly, claim elements that do not use the word “means” (or “step for”) are presumed
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`not to invoke 35 U.S.C. 112(f) except as otherwise indicated in an Office action.
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`3.
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`Claim limitations “a detection unit...”, “a first radio communicating section...”, a
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`first control section...’, a display section...”, and “a second radio communicating
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`section..” have been interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth
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`paragraph, because it uses/they use the generic placeholders “unit”, or “section”
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`coupled with functional language without reciting sufficient structure to achieve the
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`function. Furthermore, the generic placeholder is not preceded by a structural modifier.
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`Since the claim limitation(s) invokes 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112,
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`sixth paragraph, claims 1-16 have been interpreted to cover the corresponding structure
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`described in the specification that achieves the claimed function, and equivalents
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`A review of the specification shows that the following appears to be the
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`corresponding structure described in the specification for the 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-
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`AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph limitation: voltage detection circuit 24 shown in Fig.
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`5 corresponds to the detection unit; an integrated circuit corresponds to the first control
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`section as disclosed in paragraph 34; an LCD correspond to the display section as
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`disclosed in paragraph 57; and a receiver and a transmitter as are well known in the art
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`correspond to the first and second communicating sections.
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`lf applicant wishes to provide further explanation or dispute the examiner’s
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`interpretation of the corresponding structure, applicant must identify the corresponding
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`structure with reference to the specification by page and line number, and to the
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`drawing, if any, by reference characters in response to this Office action.
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`If applicant does not intend to have the claim limitation(s) treated under 35
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`U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112 , sixth paragraph, applicant may amend the
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`claim(s) so that it/they will clearly not invoke 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112,
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`sixth paragraph, or present a sufficient showing that the claim recites/recite sufficient
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`structure, material, or acts for performing the claimed function to preclude application of
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`35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph.
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`For more information, see MPEP § 2173 et seq. and Supplementary Examination
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`Guidelines for Determining Compliance With 35 U. S. C. 112 and for Treatment of
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`Related Issues in PatentApp/ications, 76 FR 7162, 7167 (Feb. 9, 2011).
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 1 12
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`4.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
`(b) CONCLUSION—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly
`pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor
`regards as the invention.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph:
`The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly
`claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
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`5.
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`Claim 15 recites the limitation "the second radio communicating section" in lines
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`13 and 14. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`6.
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`The following is a quotation of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis
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`for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described
`as set forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to
`be patented and the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been
`obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which
`said subject matter pertains. Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which the
`invention was made.
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`7.
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`The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 148
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`USPQ 459 (1966), that are applied for establishing a background for determining
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`obviousness under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) are summarized as follows:
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`1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
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`2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
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`3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
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`4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating
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`obviousness or nonobviousness.
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`8.
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`This application currently names joint inventors. In considering patentability of the
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`claims under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a), the examiner presumes that the subject matter
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`of the various claims was commonly owned at the time any inventions covered therein
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`were made absent any evidence to the contrary. Applicant is advised of the obligation
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`under 37 CFR 1.56 to point out the inventor and invention dates of each claim that was
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`not commonly owned at the time a later invention was made in order for the examiner to
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`consider the applicability of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(c) and potential pre-AIA 35 U.S.C.
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`102(e), (f) or (g) prior art under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a).
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`9.
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`Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as
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`being unpatentable over Yin in view of Buel et al (Pub. No.: US 2003/0092381,
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`hereinafter Buel), further in view of Mueller (Pub. No.: US 2009/0082055 A1), and
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`further in view of Ramaswamy et al (Pat. No.: US 6,668,178 B1, hereinafter
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`Ramaswamy)
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`Consider claim 1 Yin discloses a cordless telephone set which performs radio
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`communication between a handset and a base unit which is provided with an external
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`power supply (cordless telephone system 100, Fig. 1), wherein the base unit (200)
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`includes: a detection unit which detects the external power supply (Line status control
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`230 compares the voltage level of base power supply 240 to a pre-defined threshold
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`operating level, paragraph 24),
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`a first radio communicating section which performs modulation and demodulation
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`with the external power supply (external line-powered base unit 200 is capable of
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`cordless communications with any of portable units 110, 120, 130, and 140, see
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`paragraphs 21 and 22);
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`wherein the handset (110) includes: a battery which provides a power supply to
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`the base unit in accordance with the external power supply detected by the detection
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`unit (In the event of a power failure at power line 260, the voltage level conveyed by
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`base power supply 240 to line status control circuit 230 drops below the pre-defined
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`threshold level, and in response Regulator 250 then begins drawing power from
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`portable unit battery 115 through contacts 202, 204 and power control switch 220, see
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`Fig. 2 and paragraphs 25-27),
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`a second radio communicating section which performs modulation and
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`demodulation with a voltage output from the battery (base unit 200 remains operational
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`during the failure of power line 260 by drawing power from the battery of a portable unit
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`disposed within the base cradle., see paragraphs 26 and 27).
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`While Yin discloses a display in both the base unit 200 and in the portable units
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`110, 120, 130, and 140 as show in Fig. 1, Yin does not expressly disclose a display
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`section which displays information regarding at least one of the power supply and the
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`external power supply;
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`or a first control section which controls transmission power of the first radio
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`communicating section; or
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`wherein the first radio communicating section transmits predetermined
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`information to the handset on the basis of the external power supply detected by the
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`detection unit, and the display section performs a display for encouraging a user to
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`place the handset on the base unit when the display section has received the
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`predetermined information by the second radio communicating section.
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`In the same field of endeavor Buel discloses a display section which displays
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`information regarding at least one of the power supply and the external power supply
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`(The display panel may display, for example, the power status such as back-up battery
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`capacity, state of the internal battery charger, and the monitoring of an external
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`connection to AC or DC power, see FIG. 2A and paragraph 27).
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`Therefore it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time the invention was made, to combine the teachings of Buel with the teachings of Yin
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`to provide the user with information about the status of a communications device.
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`Nonetheless, the combination of Yin and Buel does not expressly disclose
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`a first control section which controls transmission power of the first radio communicating
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`section; or
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`wherein the first radio communicating section transmits predetermined
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`information to the handset on the basis of the external power supply detected by the
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`detection unit, and the display section performs a display for encouraging a user to
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`place the handset on the base unit when the display section has received the
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`predetermined information by the second radio communicating section.
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`In the same field of endeavor Mueller discloses a first control section which
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`controls transmission power of the first radio communicating section (The transmission
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`power can also be set or regulated, in addition, as a function of the distance of the most
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`remote mobile station, see paragraph 14).
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`Therefore it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time the invention was made, to combine the teachings of Mueller with the teachings of
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`Yin and Buel to apply the lowest possible transmission power.
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`However the combination of Yin, Buel, and Mueller does not expressly disclose
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`wherein the first radio communicating section transmits predetermined information to
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`the handset on the basis of the external power supply detected by the detection unit,
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`and the display section performs a display for encouraging a user to place the handset
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`on the base unit when the display section has received the predetermined information
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`by the second radio communicating section.
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`In the same field of endeavor Ramaswamy disclose wherein the first radio
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`communicating section transmits predetermined information to the handset on the basis
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`of the external power supply detected by the detection unit (as soon as base unit 110
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`detects that AC power is lost a signal is sent to all handsets to notify them that the base
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`unit has experienced AC power failure and is in backup mode, see col. 3, II. 29-36).
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`While Ramaswamy does not explicitly disclose that the notification is presented
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`on a display for encouraging a user to place the handset on the base unit, a user of a
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`portable telephone is typically alerted either by an audio and/or a visual and/or vibrating
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`indication, one of ordinary skill in the art would have found obvious to use the display
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`provided in the portable units 110, 120, 130, 140 disclosed by Yin, as modified by Buel
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`and Mueller, to notify a user that the base unit has experienced AC power failure and is
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`in backup mode as disclosed by Ramaswamy since further continued operation is
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`available by replacing portable units within the base cradle 202.
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`Consider claim 2, and as applied to claim 1 above, Mueller discloses wherein
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`the first radio communicating section receives, from the handset, radio wave information
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`which indicates a received signal strength of a radio signal which is received by the
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`second radio communicating section from the first radio communicating section, and the
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`first control section reduces the transmission power of the first radio communicating
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`section in response to the received signal strength indicated by the radio wave
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`information on the basis of the external power detected by the detection unit (The
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`transmission power can also be set or regulated, in addition, as a function of the
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`distance of the most remote mobile station. For this purpose, a field intensity
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`measurement device that determines the reception field intensity received from a mobile
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`station can be provided, which device measures the field intensity of the signal and
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`makes the value available to the microprocessor for evaluation. The microprocessor
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`establishes the setting value for the transmission stage in the fixed station and/or in the
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`mobile station, see paragraph 14).
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`Therefore it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time the invention was made, to combine the teachings of Mueller with the teachings of
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`Yin, Buel, and Ramaswamy to apply the lowest possible transmission power.
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`Consider claim 4, and as applied to claim 1 Yin discloses wherein the handset
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`further includes a second control section which starts up a hand-free call function if the
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`handset is placed on the base unit (telephone calls can be conducted using any of
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`portable units 120, 130, or 140, or a speakerphone (e.g., speakerphone 208 in FIG. 1),
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`see paragraph 27).
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`Consider claim 5, and as applied to claim2 above, Buel discloses a display
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`section which displays information regarding at least one of the power supply and the
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`external power supply (The display panel may display, for example, the power status
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`such as back-up battery capacity, state of the internal battery charger, and the
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`monitoring of an external connection to AC or DC power, see FIG. 2A and paragraph
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`27).
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`However the combination of Yin, Buel, and Mueller does not expressly disclose
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`wherein the first radio communicating section transmits predetermined data to the
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`handset when the detection unit has detected that a voltage from the external power
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`supply does not exceed a predetermined value.
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`In the same field of endeavor Ramaswamy discloses wherein the first radio
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`communicating section transmits predetermined data to the handset when the detection
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`unit has detected that a voltage from the external power supply does not exceed a
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`predetermined value (as soon base unit 110 detects that AC power is lost and begins to
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`draw on DC power from battery 119, a signal is sent to all handsets to notify them that
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`the base unit has experienced AC power failure and is in backup mode, see col. 3:29-
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`36).
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`Therefore it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time the invention was made, to combine the teachings of Ramaswamy with the
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`teachings of Yin, Buel, and Mueller to alert any user to investigate AC power failure and
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`to alert users that communication may be lost if the backup power is drained before AC
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`power is restored.
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`Consider claim 7, and as applied to claim 2 above, Yin discloses wherein the
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`cordless telephone set includes a plurality of handsets (one or more portable units 110,
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`120, 130, and 140), and when any one of the plurality of handsets is placed on the base
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`unit, the first radio communicating section communicates with a different handset which
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`is not placed on the base unit with a predetermined voltage output from the battery
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`(base unit 200 remains operational during the failure of power line 260 by drawing
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`power from the battery of a portable unit disposed within the base cradle [i.e. portable
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`unit 110]. Thus, telephone calls can be conducted using any of portable units 120, 130,
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`or 140, or a speakerphone (e.g., speakerphone 208 in FIG. 1.) When battery 115 within
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`portable unit 110 becomes depleted, portable unit 110 can be replaced by placing
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`portable unit 120 within the base unit cradle, such that further continued operation is
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`available, see paragraph 27).
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`Consider claim 9, and as applied to claim 2 above, Yin discloses a switch circuit
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`which cuts off power supply to the first radio communicating section from the secondary
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`battery of the handset placed on the base unit when the detection unit has detected that
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`a voltage from the external power supply exceeds a predetermined value and allows
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`power supply to the first radio communicating section from the secondary battery of the
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`handset placed on the base unit when the detection unit has detected that the voltage
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`from the external power supply does not exceed the predetermined value (POTS mode
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`power control switch 220 responds to the logic low state of control line 232 by switching
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`into a closed state, such that charge contacts 202, 204 are connected through power
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`control switch 220 to voltage regulators 250 via regulator circuit input 252. Regulator
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`250 then begins drawing power from portable unit battery 115 through contacts 202,
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`204 and power control switch 220, see paragraph 26).
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`Consider claim 11, and as applied to claim 1, Buel discloses wherein the display
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`section displays information indicating that the external power is unavailable (The
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`display panel may display, for example, the power status such as back-up battery
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`capacity, state of the internal battery charger, and the monitoring of an external
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`connection to AC or DC power, see FIG. 2A and paragraph 27).
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`Therefore it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time the invention was made, to combine the teachings of Buel with the teachings of
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`Yin, Mueller, and Ramaswamy to provide the user with information about the status of a
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`Consider claim 13, and as applied to claim 1, Buel discloses wherein the display
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`section displays information that the external power supply is available if the detection
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`unit detects that a voltage from the external power supply exceeds a predetermined
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`value. (The display panel may display, for example, the power status such as back-up
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`battery capacity, state of the internal battery charger, and the monitoring of an external
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`connection to AC or DC power, see FIG. 2A and paragraph 27).
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`Therefore it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time the invention was made, to combine the teachings of Buel with the teachings of
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`Yin, Mueller, and Ramaswamy to provide the user with information about the status of a
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`communications device.
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`10.
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`Claim 3 is rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over
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`Yin in view of Buel, further in view of Mueller, further in view of Ramaswamy, and further
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`in view of Kurchuk et al (Pat. No.: US 6,272,327 B1).
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`Consider claim 3, and as applied to claim 2 above, the combination of Yin, Buel,
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`Mueller, and Ramaswamy does not expressly disclose wherein the first control section
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`reduces the transmission power of the first radio communicating section down to a level
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`at which no communication error occurs.
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`In the same field of endeavor Kurchuk discloses wherein the first control section
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`reduces the transmission power of the first radio communicating section down to a level
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`at which no communication error occurs (The power control level is provided in
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`response to the power of the received signal from the receiver and the bit error rate
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`(BER) of the received signal, when the BER of the received signal is high, then the
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`power control signal increases the gain of the transmitter in order to reduce the BER to
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`an acceptable level, see col. 4:41 -50) .
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`Therefore it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time the invention was made, to combine the teachings of Kurchuk with the teachings of
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`Yin, Buel, Mueller, and Ramaswamy to allow establishment of simultaneous links
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`between a base and near and far handsets, with minimal degradation of SNR and BER.
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`11.
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`Claim 6 is rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over
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`Yin in view of Buel, further in view of Mueller, further n view of Ramaswamy, and further
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`in view of DiMassimo et al
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`(Pat. No.: 4,342,922, hereinafter DiMassimo).
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`Consider claim 6, and as applied to claim 1 above, the combination of Yin, Buel,
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`Mueller, and Ramaswamy does not expressly disclose wherein the base unit further
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`includes a capacitor which receives electricity with the voltage from the external power
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`supply or the voltage from the battery.
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`In the same field of endeavor discloses DiMassimo discloses wherein the base
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`unit further includes a capacitor which receives electricity with the voltage from the
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`external power supply or the voltage from the battery (see Fig. 1).
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`Therefore it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time the invention was made, to combine the teachings of DiMassimo with the teachings
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`of Yin, Buel, Mueller, and Ramaswamy to reduce switching transients.
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`12.
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`Claims 10 and 12 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being
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`unpatentable over Yin in view of Buel, further in view of Mueller, further in view of
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`Ramaswamy, and further in view of Yamaguchi et al (Pub. No.: US 2008/0133792 A1,
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`hereinafter Yamaguchi)
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`Consider claims 10 and 12, and as applied to claims 9 and 1 respectively above,
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`the combination of Yin and Buel discloses a display section which displays information
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`regarding at least one of the power supply and the external power supply (The display
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`panel may display, for example, the power status such as back-up battery capacity,
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`state of the internal battery charger, and the monitoring of an external connection to AC
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`or DC power, see FIG. 2A and paragraph 27 in Buel). Yin discloses that the base unit
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`remains operational during the failure of the power line by drawing power from the
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`battery of the handset in the base cradle (see paragraph 27). Ramaswamy discloses a
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`locking mechanism to prevent removal of the backup battery (col. 3, II. 37-51). Given
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`that if the handset is removed the base unit cannot operate, it would be obvious to
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`prevent the removal of the handset. Consider Yamaguchi, which discloses showing a
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`message “Please do not remove the memory card” while data transfer is performed
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`(see paragraph 38).
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`Therefore it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time the invention was made to show a message alerting the user as disclosed in
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`Yamaguchi in the cordless telephone set of Yin as modified by Buel, and further
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`modified by Mueller in order to the cordless telephone set from becoming inoperative.
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`13.
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`Claims 14-16 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable
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`over Yin in view of Buel, and further in view of Ramaswamy.
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`Consider claim 14, Yin discloses a power supplying method which is performed
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`between a handset (110) and a base unit (200) which is provided with an external
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`power supply, the method comprising: detecting the external power supply (Line status
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`control 230 compares the voltage level of base power supply 240 to a pre-defined
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`threshold operating level, paragraph 24); providing a power supply from the handset to
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`the base unit in accordance with the external power supply (In the event of a power
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`failure at power line 260, the voltage level conveyed by base power supply 240 to line
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`status control circuit 230 drops below the pre-defined threshold level, and in response
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`Regulator 250 then begins drawing power from portable unit battery 115 through
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`contacts 202, 204 and power control switch 220, see Fig. 2 and paragraphs 25-27;.
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`However Yin does not expressly disclose displaying information on the handset
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`regarding at least one of the power supply and the external power supply; or
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`transmitting predetermined information from the base unit to the handset on the basis of
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`the external power supply; or displaying information on the handset for encouraging a
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`user to place the handset on the base unit so power from the battery of the handset can
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`be supplied to the base unit.
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`In the same field of endeavor Buel discloses displaying information regarding at
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`least one of the power supply and the external power supply (The display panel may
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`display, for example, the power status such as back-up battery capacity, state of the
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`internal battery charger, and the monitoring of an external connection to AC or DC
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`power, see FIG. 2A and paragraph 27).
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`Therefore it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time the invention was made, to combine the teachings of Buel with the teachings of Yin
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`to provide the user with information about the status of a communications device.
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`However the combination of Yin and Buel does not expressly disclose
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`transmitting predetermined information from the base unit to the handset on the basis of
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`the external power supply; or displaying information on the handset for encouraging a
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`user to place the handset on the base unit so power from the battery of the handset can
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`be supplied to the base unit.
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`In the same field of endeavor Ramaswamy disclose wherein the first radio
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`communicating section transmits predetermined information to the handset o