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written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.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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