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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HIDEYUKI KATAYAMA
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Appeal No. 2001-1467
Application No. 08/687,039
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HEARD: July 9, 20021
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Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 2-15. The appellant appeals therefrom under
35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The appellant‘s invention is a radio pager that generate alert tones
corresponding to musical notes coded in a paging signal. A conventional paging signal
sent from a base station to a radio pager includes an address and a message. The
pager compares the address in the received signal with its own address; if the two
1 The examiner declined an invitation to explain the rejections at the oral hearing.
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