Ex Parte ZIMMERMAN 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                               publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16                       
                                                                                                                      
                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
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                                  BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
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                                    Ex parte THOMAS GUTHRIE ZIMMERMAN,                                                 
                                           RICHARD CLEMENT ALLEN,                                                      
                                        DAVID JUN LU and FLORIAN VOGT                                                  
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                                               Appeal No. 2002-0611                                                    
                                             Application No. 09/234,229                                                
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                                                     ON BRIEF                                                          
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              Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and DIXON,  Administrative Patent Judges.                                      
              KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                      

                                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                                       


                     This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 5 and 58.  Claims                 
              8, 10-22, 24-41, 43-57, 59 and 60 stand allowed.                                                         
                     The invention is directed to a personal area network (PAN) communication                          
              system.  In particular, there is more than one PAN receiver antenna on a keyboard of a                   



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