Ex parte BARBER 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          was not written for publication and is not binding precedent                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. 27              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                  Ex parte CLIFTON J. BARBER and STEPHEN T. HARDIN                    
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                                 Appeal No. 98-1181                                   
                               Application 08/442,883                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before THOMAS, FLEMING and GROSS, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 46-50 and 55-57.  No claims are allowed.  Claims 1-45,               
          51-54, and 58 have been canceled.                                           
               The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for                
          selecting a cellular carrier frequency for accessing cellular               
          airtime services based upon a list of preferred system                      


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