The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ROBERT G. ZICKER and JOHN K. DION __________ Appeal No. 2000-2237 Application 08/723,712 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before KRASS, BARRETT, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and 56-74, all of the pending claims. The invention is directed to a multiple mode personal wireless communication system. In particular, the communication system includes a base station for communicating with a plurality of portable handsets. The portable handsets are dual-mode 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007