Ex Parte TURCOTTE et al - Page 1



            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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ERIC TURCOTTE and RICHARD BRUNNER                      
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2000-1556                                 
                              Application No. 08/771,4261                             
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before BARRETT, BLANKENSHIP and SAADAT, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final                 
          rejection of claims 38-42 and 47-50.  Claims 43-46 and 51-54 are            
          allowed.                                                                    
               We reverse.                                                            
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               Appellants’ invention is directed generally to a multiple              
          hyperband cellular communications system and in particular, to a            

               1  Application for patent filed December 20, 1996, which is a          
          continuation of Application 08/423,942, filed April 19, 1995, now abandoned.




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