The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte RAMY P. AYOUB, ARTHUR L. FUMAROLO and JOHN W. MAHER _____________ Appeal No. 1999-0085 Application 08/427,514 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 4-7 and 9-14, which constitute all the claims remaining in the application. The disclosed invention pertains to a method of providing distributed operational control in a radio communication system.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007