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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KEVIN LOUGHRAN
and
CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS ZAPPALA
Appeal No. 2001-1941
Application No. 09/023,469
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, LALL, and DIXON, Administrative Patent
Judges.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims
1 through 18.
The disclosed invention relates to an apparatus that
comprises a downconverter for downconverting an information-
bearing signal to an intermediate frequency signal, a
transmitter for transmitting the intermediate frequency
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