The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte WILLIAM CHIEN-YEH LEE and MICHAEL L. OLSON _____________ Appeal No. 1998-2723 Application No. 08/571,679 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 30 through 38. The disclosed invention relates to a wide area paging system wherein an acknowledgment signal from a pager is forwarded from base station to base station in a mesh network until it reaches a gateway connecting the mesh network to a paging broadcast system. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007