Ex parte BULFER - Page 1




                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                      
          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1)              
          was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is                 
          not binding precedent of the Board.                                         
                                                            Paper No. 17              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                              Ex parte ANDREW F. BULFER                               
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                                Appeal No. 1998-2705                                  
                             Application No. 08/867,773                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before HAIRSTON, KRASS and FLEMING, Administrative Patent                   
          Judges                                                                      
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1 through 9, all of the claims pending in the present                
          application.  Claims 10 through 18 have been canceled.                      
               The invention relates to a method of providing a speech-               
          based interface to Dual Tone Multi-frequency (DTMF) controlled              

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