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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ROBERT A. HEDINGER
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Appeal No. 2002-1627
Application No. 09/132,450
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ON BRIEF
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Before RUGGIERO, BARRY, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-8 and 10-15. Claims 9, 16, and 17 have been canceled. An
amendment filed March 27, 2001 after final rejection was approved
for entry by the Examiner.
The claimed invention relates to a system and method for use
in communicating over a mobile communications link. Spoken words
are converted into a sequence of letters and gaps and an encoder is
utilized to convert the letters into a digital message. After
transmission, the digital message is received and decoded and a
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