Ex parte LITTLE 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              written for publication and is not binding                         
              precedent of the Board.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. 20        
                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                   
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                      
                                AND INTERFERENCES                                
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                             Ex parte VERNON R. LITTLE                           
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                               Appeal No. 1998-2435                              
                             Application No. 08/516,216                          
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                                     ON BRIEF                                    
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         Before DIXON, GROSS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.           
         GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     



                                DECISION ON APPEAL                               
         This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                  
         rejection of claims 2 through 4.  Claims 5 and 6 have been              
         objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim.              
         Claims 1 and 7 through 9 have been cancelled.                           
              Appellant's invention relates to a method and apparatus            
         for providing broadband communication (asynchronous transfer            
         mode (ATM) signals and integrated circuit digital network               
         (ISDN) signals) to a subscriber using unshielded twisted pair           






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