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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte YOCHIRO MINAMI
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Appeal No. 1999-0297
Application No. 08/502,253
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HEARD: April 12, 2001
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Before HAIRSTON, GROSS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-27, which are all
of the claims pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a selective call
system for reducing power consumption in remote pagers. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced as follows:
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