The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte NIGEL LOBLEY and JOHN M. CULLEN
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Appeal No. 2001-2055
Application No. 08/750,870
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HEARD: Dec. 12, 2002
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Before RUGGIERO, BARRY, and SADDAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 1-10 and 13-21. The appellants appeal
therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We affirm.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal concerns call setup and service invocation in an
intelligent network- ("IN-") based mobile telecommunications network. "Put simply, the
basis of an [IN] is to separate service provision from switching functionality. . . .
Typically, the processing required to implement network services is provided by
processors," (Spec. at 1), that are separate from a switching infrastructure.
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