Ex parte PANTHER et al. - Page 1




                       The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written                                                       
                       for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                      
                                                                                                                    Paper No. 36                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                                         Ex parte GYLES PANTHER                                                                         
                                                           and J. PETER WILLIAMS                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 1998-1471                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/108,510                                                                        
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before JERRY SMITH, GROSS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent                                                                            
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    


                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from                                                                       
                 the  rejection of claims 25 and 27.   We reverse.              1                                                                       


                                                                   BACKGROUND                                                                           
                          The invention at issue in this appeal relates to paging                                                                       
                 receivers.  To save battery power, a paging receiver "sleeps"                                                                          


                          1The record indicates that the amendment filed on April 7,                                                                    
                 1997 was entered.                                                                                                                      





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