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          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was              
          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 
          the Board.                                                                  
                                                            Paper No. 30              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                     Ex parte MATTHEW D. MOTTIER, MIKE M. ALBERT                      
                                 and JOSHUA P. KIEM                                   
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1998-2727                                  
                               Application 08/220,949                                 
                                     ___________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                     ___________                                      
          Before BARRETT, HECKER and DIXON, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          HECKER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                    This is a decision on appeal from the final                       
          rejection of claims 11, 12 and 18 through 21, all claims                    
          pending in this application.                                                
                    The invention relates to a radio with silent and                  
          audible alerts for alerting a user that a call has been                     
          received.  Silent alerts, such as a vibrating device, can be                
          used where audible alerts would be objectionable (e.g.,                     



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