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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 22                
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                             Ex parte KEITH W. BARNES,                                
                        RORY A. SMITH and MERVIN L. GRINDAHL                          
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                                Appeal No. 2002-1106                                  
                               Application 09/058,687                                 
                                     ___________                                      
                               HEARD: February 4, 2003                                
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          Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH, and FLEMING, Administrative Patent            
          Judges.                                                                     
          JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                   

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
          This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from                 
          the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-4, 9 and 14.  Claims 5-8,              
          10-13 and 15-24 have been indicated to contain allowable subject            
          matter.                                                                     
          The disclosed invention pertains to a method for                            
          distributing and accessing communication channels in a trunked              
          radio repeater communication system.  The method includes an                
          aliasing function which enables a subscriber programmed for a               
          given home channel to select another home channel in a                      






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