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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17         

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                                  Ex parte JOHN DRAIM                                  
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                                  Appeal No. 2002-1146                                 
                              Application No. 09/160,6341                              
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                                        ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before KRASS, FLEMING and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final                  
          rejection of claims 1,2 and 4-8, which are all of the claims                 
          pending in this application.  Claim 3 has been canceled.                     
               We reverse.                                                             
                                      BACKGROUND                                       
               Appellant’s invention is directed to a system and a method              
          for compensating communications between an antenna and two                   
          satellites when their systems interfere due to the overlap of the            
          satellites’ orbits.  The center line of the antenna aimed at the             

               1  Application for patent filed September 23, 1998.                     





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