The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte EDDIE CORBETT and BILLY HOGAN __________ Appeal No. 2002-0137 Application 09/069,765 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before HAIRSTON, SAADAT, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges. MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-19. Invention Appellants’ invention relates to an apparatus and method for soft handoff in a radio communication system. More particularly, in the situation where a mobile station receives identical 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007