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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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 KALYAN GANESAN and ENRIQUE LABORDE                     
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                                 Appeal No. 2000-0612                                 
                              Application No. 08/583,357                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before HAIRSTON, DIXON, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1, 3 through 17, 19, and 20, which are all of           
          the claims pending in this application.                                     
               Appellants' invention relates to a personal access                     
          communications system for implementing full two way voice and               
          data service in a voice service area and two way messaging in               
          areas outside the voice service area.  Claims 13 and 16 are                 
          illustrative of the claimed invention, and they read as follows:            
               13. A wide area wireless personal communication system                 
          incorporating advanced messaging capability comprising:                     







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