Ex Parte HARDIN et al - Page 1




               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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CARL T. HARDIN, JAMES E. PETRANOVICH, KUMAR BALACHANDRAN           
                                  and ANDREW WRIGHT                                   
                                    ____________                                      
                                Appeal No. 2001-0950                                  
                             Application No. 08/534,855                               
                                    ____________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                    ____________                                      
          Before FLEMING, GROSS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
                    This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection             
          of claims 1 through 31.                                                     
               The invention relates to a wireless communication system to            
          limit power expenditure in the wireless subscriber station.  The            
          wireless communication system includes at least one base station            
          for transmitting a communication stream of message blocks to a              
          plurality of wireless subscriber stations.  The method includes             
          the steps of monitoring the communication stream for Temporary              
          Equipment Identified (TEI) message blocks where the TEI message             
          blocks include TEI messages and a plurality of Forward Error                





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