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            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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                              Ex parte DAVID MCELVANEY                                
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                                Appeal No. 2001-1944                                  
                             Application No. 08/734,857                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before THOMAS, DIXON and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               Appellant has appealed to the Board from the examiner’s                
          final rejection of claims 1 through 7.                                      
               Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:                            
               1.  A digital network telephony device comprising:                     
                    a telephone handset comprising a microphone and a                 
               speaker, said microphone being connected to at least                   
               two microphone wires and said speaker being connected                  
               to at least two speaker wires;                                         







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