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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RUSSELL P. CASHMAN and RICHARD A. SCHWARTZ
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Appeal No. 2001-1563
Application No. 09/151,580
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent
Judges.
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 3, 6 through 10, and 16. The
examiner has objected to claims 4 and 5 as containing allowable
subject matter but being dependent from rejected base claims.
Claims 11 through 15 and 17 have been canceled.
Appellants' invention relates to a wireless communication
system which switches between data communication and voice
communication. Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention,
and it reads as follows:
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