The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte KEITH W. BARNES, RORY A. SMITH and MERVIN L. GRINDAHL __________ Appeal No. 2002-1106 Application 09/058,687 ___________ HEARD: February 4, 2003 ___________ 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 aPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007