The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ERIC TURCOTTE and RICHARD BRUNNER ____________ Appeal No. 2000-1556 Application No. 08/771,4261 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before BARRETT, BLANKENSHIP and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 38-42 and 47-50. Claims 43-46 and 51-54 are allowed. We reverse. BACKGROUND Appellants’ invention is directed generally to a multiple hyperband cellular communications system and in particular, to a 1 Application for patent filed December 20, 1996, which is a continuation of Application 08/423,942, filed April 19, 1995, now abandoned.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007