The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MATTHEW D. MOTTIER, MIKE M. ALBERT and JOSHUA P. KIEM __________ Appeal No. 1998-2727 Application 08/220,949 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before BARRETT, HECKER and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. HECKER, Administrative Patent Judge. This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 11, 12 and 18 through 21, all claims pending in this application. The invention relates to a radio with silent and audible alerts for alerting a user that a call has been received. Silent alerts, such as a vibrating device, can be used where audible alerts would be objectionable (e.g., 1-1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007