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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SEPPO HAMALAINEN, OSCAR SALONAHO, NIINA LAAKSONEN
and ANTTI LAPPETELAINEN
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Appeal No. 2002-1114
Application No. 09/154,100
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ON BRIEF
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Before FLEMING, BARRY, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision appeal from the final rejection of claims
1-3, 6 and 7. Claims 4 and 5 have been objected to for being
dependent upon rejected claims, and claims 8-11 have been
allowed.
Invention
The invention relates to the allocation of channels in a
base station in a cellular radio system. See page 1 of
Appellants' specification. Figures 1a-1d are schematical
illustrations of the cells in a simple cellular radio system. In
Figures 1a-1d, it is assumed that the operator responsible for
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